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This 4 page paper explores Taylor's management theories and his influence on other theorists. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Still, his influence on the structure of organizations was enormous and cannot be denied. This paper discusses his contributions to the study of organizations, as well mentioning those
theorists he influenced. Discussion Today, Frederick Taylors theories are often criticized as being nothing more than a means to dehumanize workers, since he emphasized ways to do more work
in less time, thus seemingly putting profits far ahead of workers welfare. But such a judgment is unfair to Taylor, whose real goal was to make manufacturing processes more
efficient and thus easier on everyone. Taylor believed that all organizations, whether they were governmental agencies, churches, manufacturers or universities, could benefit from restructuring (Nyland, 1996). Taylor based his
ideas of restructuring on four principles: gathering together "all knowledge relating to the functioning of the enterprise" and then reducing it to "rules, laws and formulae"; selecting employees scientifically
and mentoring their progress; bringing the science of organization and the "scientifically selected and trained workers" together; and developing "friendly cooperation between management and employees" (Nyland, 1996, p. 985).
To understand Taylor more fully, lets look at how he would begin organizing a manufacturing concern. The first step in his plan would be to undertake the "improvement and
standardization of tools, machinery, and equipment, together with the systemization of the flow of production" (Nyland, 1996, p. 985). These changes "invariably involved the introduction of new storage systems,
cost accounting, and a system of routine maintenance and repair" (Nyland, 1996, p. 985). After these changes had been made, the manager would then consider any changes that might
need to be made in "the labor process, training of workers, and reorganization of sales and purchasing" so that both employment and production would be stabilized (Nyland, 1996, p. 985).
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