Scientific management theory seeks to improve an organization’s efficiency by systematically improving the efficiency of task completion by utilizing scientific, engineering, and mathematical analysis. The goal is to reduce waste, increase the process and methods of production, and create a just distribution of goods. This goal serves the common interests of employers, employees, and society.

1. SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT
Frederick W. Taylor (1856 – 1915)
BRENT C. BEGAY
DPA 1, Cagayan State University

2. ABOUT FREDERICK WINSLOW TAYLOR
 Founder of Scientific Management Movement
 Lifetime: March 20, 1856 – March 21, 1915
 Profession: American Mechanical Engineer
 Education: Degree in Mechanical Engineering
from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1883.
 Positions Held
 Apprentice Machinist in 1874
 Executive at Midville Steel Company in 1884
 At Bethlehem Iron Company in 1898, (Became
Bethlehem Steel Company)
 Professor at Tuck School of Business founded in 1900
 President – American Society of Mech. Engrs. (1906 -
1907)

3. SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT THEORY
 Scientific management theory seeks to
improve an organization’s efficiency by
systematically improving the efficiency of
task completion by utilizing scientific,
engineering, and mathematical analysis.
The goal is to reduce waste, increase the
process and methods of production, and
create a just distribution of goods. This goal
serves the common interests of employers,
employees, and society.

4. PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT
 Science not Rule of Thumb
 Harmony, Not Discord
 Cooperation, Not Individualism
 Scientific Selection and Progressive
Development of Workmen

5. TECHNIQUES OF SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT
1. Functional Foremanship

6. TECHNIQUES OF SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT
2. Standardization and Simplification of Work
 Standardization refers to the process of setting
standards for every business activity; it can be
standardization of process, raw material, time,
product, machinery, methods or working conditions.
3. Method Study
 The objective of method study is to find out one best
way of doing the job.
4. Motion Study
 Refers to the study of movements like lifting, putting
objects, sitting and changing positions, etc.

7. TECHNIQUES OF SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT
(CONTINUATION)
5. Time Study
 It determines the standard time taken to perform a well-
defined job.
6. Fatigue Study
7. Differential Piece Wage System
 Efficient Vs Inefficient Worker

8. AIMS OF SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT
1. To achieve higher production and acceleration in the
rate of productivity by the use of standardized tools,
equipments and methods.
2. Betterment in the quality of the products by research,
quality control and effective inspection.
3. Decrease in the cost of production by systematic
planning, regulation and cost control techniques.
4. Avoidance of wastage in the use of resources, time
and method of production.
5. Placement of the right person on the right job
through scientific selection and training.

9. AIMS OF SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT (CONT.)
6. Setting – up a sound system of wage payment so as
to attain maximum efficiency.
7. Ensuring a regular supply of goods to the consumers
at reasonable prices.

10. CRITICISMS OF SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT
1. Exploitation of workers
2. Problem of Unity of Command
3. Mechanical Approach
4. Problem of Separation of Planning from Doing
5. Individualistic Approach
6. Wrong Assumptions
7. Narrow Application

11. ASSOCIATES OF F.W.TAYLOR
1. Henry Gantt
 Mechanical Engineer
 Joined Taylor at the Midvale Steel Company in 1887
 Developed the famous graphics methods of
describing plans and making possible better
managerial control known as the Gantt Chart.
 He emphasized the importance of time, as well as
cost, in planning and controlling work.

12. ASSOCIATES OF F.W.TAYLOR
2. Frank B. and Lilian M. Gilbreth
 Collaboarted on fatigue and motion studies and focused
on ways of promoting the individual worker’s welfare. To
them, the ultimate aim of scintific management was to
help workers reach their full potential as human.
 In their conception, motion and fatigue were intertwined
– every motion that was eliminated reduced fatigue
 They argued that motion study would raise worker
morale because of its obvious physical benefits and
because it demonstrated management’s concern for the
worker.

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