Management, Loose-Leaf Version
Management, Loose-Leaf Version
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ISBN: 9781305969308
Author: Richard L. Daft
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
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Chapter 2, Problem 3DQ
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To think critically about:

Potential drawbacks to retailers using labor-waste elimination systems and to determine whether scientific management will ever cease to be a part of organizations.

Introduction:

Scientific Management is a management philosophy that aims at making organizational decisions based on mathematical and scientific study. Frederick Winslow Taylor's philosophy focused on the belief that making people work as hard as they could was not as efficient as optimizing the way the work was done. The characteristics of Scientific Management include selection of suitable employees for the designated job, Standard trainings for workers, wage incentives for higher productivity and support of work planning.

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