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

Scientific Management

A usual 1st year business assignment will ask you to contrast the theory of scientific management with the multiple theories of human relations management.

We have a copy of F W Taylor's original text in the LRC at Luton. It is out of print now, and our copy was published in 1967. The original theory dates from 1911.

When approaching this question it may be advisable to look for journal articles on Business Source Premier database, rather than trying to obtain the book itself.

Credo Database also includes a very good ( though somewhat concise ) definition of the theory.