Scientific Management

This stern looking man is F.W Taylor, originator of the theory of scientific managagement. Whilst doing some Refworks sessions recently I came across a good summary of his work here...

Harrison, S.(2004) F.W. Taylor and scientific management Business Review Vol 11 No. 1 p 16-17

This article does not appear to be available online, although there are other critiques of Taylorism on Business Source Premier.

Taylor's original theories date from 1911, but Harrison(2004) notes that he heard echoes of them in 2003 when Toyota's managing director spoke of the need to make car factory employees "follow rules and standards as if they were second nature"

If you are doing the annual assignment on Taylor's theories this may be worth a look.

The original publication ( as it is now out of copyright ) is available on Google Books. Thanks to my colleague, Alan Wheeler, for this information