Report of the Michigan Academy of Science Volume 14

Michigan Academy of Council

ISBN 10: 1130099938 / ISBN 13: 9781130099935

Published by Rarebooksclub.com, 2012

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 ... his employees than it is a problem of bookkeeping or of the care of machines or of the selection of tools. The pioneer and leading exponent of efficiency engineering, Mr. F. W. Taylor, "This close, intimate, personal cooperation between the management and the men is of the essence of modern scientific or task management.' And Harrington Emerson asserts that "to establish rational work standards for men requires indeed motion and time studies of all operations, but it requires in addition all the skill of the planning manager, all the skill of the physician, of the humanitarian, of the physiologist; it requires, infinite knowledge directed, guided and restrained by hope, faith and compassion.' In theory, according to its advocates, scientific management stands for increased productive capacity without increased effort; it aims to do away with lost motion and useless movements. It means maximum results with a minimum of effort; it does not mean "frenzied production." Now, these objects are certainly worthy of approval. Opposition to efficiency engineering must arise because of the methods employed in carrying out the policy. Our attention evidently must be directed toward this How. then, can this '"close, intimate, personal cooperation" of which Mr. Taylor speaks, be secured? It is perhaps worth while at the outset to call attention to the fact that the man who is "working for himself does not object to methods or systems which lighten his work. The farmer is glad to get a tool which will increase his productivity. Even the conservative wife of the farmer is not adverse to the installation of a new or better pump, a cream separator, or some scheme which will save steps. Why then does the wage earner so freq...

Bibliographic Details

Title: Report of the Michigan Academy of Science ...
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket