FROM-URL – http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/Anthro/Anth101/taylorism_and_fordism.htm -
This defintion in block-quotes below taken from this url (above)
TAYLORISM
Frederick Taylor (1911) Principles of Scientific Management
devised a means of detailing a division of labor in time-and-motion studies and a wage system based on performance.
Taylor’s gospel also known as “Taylorism” would become the standard for businesses worldwide
The main elements of the Scientific Management are: time studies (e.g., screw on each bolt in 15.2 seconds), standardization of tools and implements, the use of “slide-rules and similar time-saving devices”, instruction cards for workmen (detailing exactly what they should do), task allocation, etc.
Taylor called these elements “merely the elements or details of the mechanisms of management”
ABC/rn – By Design – Wed 21 July – (RE-Broadcast Sat 24 July 2010) – was talking about many topics today, (This was but one that caught my attention) – Adam Smiths – “Division of Labour”, has a similair theme.
This episode has the title – The office: a forum about workplace design – seems very removed from my post-topic here, … but it is a good listen – (Might go download the podcast so I can listen to it again)
