UPSC Optional - Public Administration Thinker - F.W. Taylor

FW Taylor

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Fredrick Winslow Taylor(1856-1921)

•  Known as Father of Scientific management.
•  Worked as an apprentice at shop floor level at Hydraulic works in Philadelphia.
•  In 1878, joined Midvale steel company and gradually became Chief Engineer and then joined Bethlehem Steel Company.
•  Published very pertinent research papers and became President of American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1906.
•  Explored new scientific methods of work through combining scientific tools and real time analysis to speed up the work and hence boosting up production.
•  Believed in true science of administration.
•  Famous works:-Piece rate system(1895), Shop management(1903), Art of cutting metals(1906), Principles of Scientific Management(1911)
•  Opined for developing a scientific way of doing work at every stage of its processing and studying the work with respect to time taken to complete it.
•  Scientific selection and training of workers.
•  Grooming managers to help out their subordinates to achieve goals.
•  Training of managers and workers to sustain equal division of work and responsibility.
•  Cooperation at all levels.
•  Basic concepts like-
•  Functional Foremanship-8 supervisors(4 planning,4 execution)
•  Motion Study-One best way to do a work
•  Time Study-Analyzing time
•  Differential Piece rate system- Wage payment system according to performance level
•  Shop floor management- Adapting scientific tools and scientific methods to do the work
•  Soldering- tendency of workers to Avoid work due to personal, social or organizational reasons
•  Standardization of tools-Scientific tools
•  Setting up separate planning cells
•  Time saving schemes
•  Training of Workers

Criticism

•  Ignored psychological and sociological variable
•  He favored economic man who is motivated by money only.
•  Against Unity of command
•  A threat to trade unions