Principles of Scientific Management
- Book Title
- Principles of Scientific Management
- Author(s)
- Frederick W. Taylor
- Year Published
- 1911
- Category
- Management
- Key Ideas
Core Ideas
- Work should be studied scientifically, not left to a worker's rule-of-thumb.
- Time and motion studies to find the 'one best way' to do each task.
- Workers should be selected, trained, and matched to tasks based on ability.
- Piece-rate pay to incentivise productivity.
- Cooperation between management and workers, rather than conflict.
Impact
- Transformed factory management and industrial production.
- Foundation of operations management and efficiency thinking.
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