FREDERICK TAYLOR’S CONCEPT OF ‘SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT’ S INFLUENCE ON THE FIELD OF ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR .
In the years closely following 1911, it became apparent that those manufacturing firms which had adopted the Scientific Management approach had gained a comparative advantage over their rivals. In manufacturing and industrial type business, scientific management was imperative for organisational success. In recent times it has become obvious that the dehumanising tactics used in those industries has become oppressive and outaged, and has lead to labour strife, such as union striking in many businesses. The scientific management approach subjects the employee to the power of the production process. Employees were no longer an influential member of a contributing team, but merely a replaceable asset in
Business processes are continuously re-engineered to increase productivity. These methods allow management to develop a current up-to-date efficient technique for workers to strictly follow to increase efficiency..This implementation of the one best way of doing things, in order to assure productivity reveals a consistency with this first principle of Scientific Management. It is apparent in other industries that the development of a science for all tasks is not as easy.
Cooperation by superiors is an important factor in ensuring guidelines and procedures are properly followed, and that tasks are performed correctly. Instead of a ‘Big Brother’ approach were employees are purely monitored, cooperation enables superiors to interactively monitor and correct faults in performance. Cooperation is working toget