[[blog/video-the-role-of-leadership-in-software-development-mary-poppendieck.md|Video_ The role of leadership in software development - Mary Poppendieck]] Want to Read Rate this book 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars The Principles of Scientific Management by Frederick Winslow Taylor 3.62 · https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/958259.The_Principles_of_Scientific_Management?from_search=true#https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/958259.The_Principles_of_Scientific_Management?from_search=true# https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/958259.The_Principles_of_Scientific_Management?from_search=true# Rating details · 499 ratings · 48 reviews It seems, at first glance, like an obvious step to take to improve industrial productivity: one should simply watch workers at work in order to learn how they actually do their jobs. But American engineer FREDERICK WINSLOW TAYLOR (1856-1915) broke new ground with this 1919 essay, in which he applied the rigors of scientific observation to such labor as shoveling and bricklayer in order to streamline their work… and bring a sense of logic and practicality to the management of that work. This highly influential book, must-reading for anyone seeking to understand modern management practices, puts lie to such misconceptions that making industrial processes more efficient increases unemployment and that shorter workdays decrease productivity. And it laid the foundations for the discipline of management to be studied, taught, and applied with methodical precision. (less) Get A Copy AmazonOnline Stores ▾Book Links ▾ Paperback Published October 1st 2006 by Cosimo Classics (first published 1911) Original Title The Principles of Scientific Management . ISBN 1596058897 (ISBN13: 9781596058897) . Edition Language English . 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Lists with This Book Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1910s 24 books — 3 voters Department of Labor - Books that Shaped Work in America 21 books — 5 voters More lists with this book… . Community Reviews Showing 1-30 3.62 · https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/958259.The_Principles_of_Scientific_Management?from_search=true# Rating details · 499 ratings · 48 reviews ![[./resources/book-the-principles-of-scientific-management-frede.resources/loading-45f04d682f1e9151cf1e6fb18a1bde21.gif]] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/958259.The_Principles_of_Scientific_Management?from_search=true#More filters | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/958259.The_Principles_of_Scientific_Management?from_search=true#Sort order . Nov 04, 2012 Trevor rated it liked it Shelves: economics This book proved much more interesting than I thought it was going to be. There were bits that made my skin crawl – all the stuff about ‘are you a high priced man?’ which managed to be patronising and insulting by explaining how incredibly stupid he felt working people are. But this book was interesting in ways that I hadn’t really expected it to be. Not least, because of the remarkable naivety of the author in places. The book is concerned with addressing a number of fallacies about work. One of …more flag 14 likes · Like · 11 comments · see review Jan 07, 2012 Jan-Maat added it · review of another edition Shelves: usa, business-management-pm, 20th-century Frederick Taylor was a slightly eccentric man who in true mythical fashion was said to have experimented to find the most efficient way of walking as a boy, but who managed to turn his interest in achieving the one best way to do something to good use. In this short essay he uses examples including moving pig-iron and laying bricks to demonstrate how study and analysis can be used to increase measurable productivity. The flip side of this is how bizarrely amateur factory work used to be - one ex …more flag 14 likes · Like · 2 comments · see review Dec 18, 2007 Spicy T AKA Mr. Tea rated it it was amazing · review of another edition Shelves: economics, labor, management Taylor was an obsessive compulsive personality who used his privilege against the working class through what he called “scientific management.” This was the science of speed-ups and labor efficiency for capital’s sake with no regard for the workers. There is a part of the book where a working man, someone he used to work the lathes with before he became a manager and asked what he would do in the workers position; his answer was to fight every innovation he was enforcing on the workers. Brutal. …more flag 4 likes · Like · comment · see review Oct 04, 2015 Matt rated it did not like it This book is in Planning.org’s 100 essential books list, with the description: Taylor’s highly influential argument was that both business and government should “functionalize work.” It gave support to the idea of separating politics from the administration of work, giving credence to rise of a professional class of planners, city engineers, city finance officers, and the like. It is certainly a classic (probably one of the most influential books of the 20th century), but let’s face it, it’s not …more flag 3 likes · Like · comment · see review Jan 12, 2014 Justin Tapp rated it liked it · review of another edition Shelves: management Since I’ve been reading seminal works this year, I decided to read this 1911 classic when it was posted on Project Gutenberg a while back. Taylor is credited as the father of scientific management as a field and this work is cited in Principles of Management classes like Smith’s Wealth of Nations is in a Principles of Economics class. It’s another example of a book that is oft cited but rarely assigned to students to read– I recall reading only excerpts from it in several Management classes as …more flag 1 like · Like · comment · see review Jun 23, 2018 Ian Wills rated it did not like it An enormously influential book but so flawed! For a book with “scientific” in the title, it is staggeringly unscientific. There is, for example, not one reproducible experiment and Taylor constantly conflates explanations. In his Schmit story, Taylor fails to construct a scientific experiment so that we do not know whether Schmit’s increased output was due to the motivation of piece rates or Taylor’s to improved methods for carrying pig iron. Taylor just expects the reader to accept both. Taylor …more flag 1 like · Like · comment · see review Oct 20, 2017 Allan Olley rated it really liked it · review of another edition Taylor manages a relatively clear and engaging account of his methods of management. He explains and motivates his view that every task has an associated science that can be used to manage it. He also explains why he thinks this is a boon to all concerned and that proper management can not only increase efficiency but end labour strife. Overall his examples while relatively clear seem to have limited applicability, the judgement of the manager etc. as to what will actually have been done rather …more flag 1 like · Like · comment · see review Sep 20, 2008 Greg rated it liked it Shelves: professional-development As a glimpse of an important part of organizational history, this is an linchpin book to read. As a practical matter of utility in modern organizational life, it is less so. Indeed, many of the practices advocated by Taylor would be inadvisable or even illegal in today’s world. Nonetheless, his work, and that of some of his contemporaries, formed a strong foundation for later innovations and practices in industrial psychology and organizational behavior. flag 1 like · Like · comment · see review Jan 05, 2015 Czarny Pies rated it really liked it Recommends it for: American history students. Recommended to Czarny by: Required reading for an undergraduate course. Shelves: american-history, philosophy This is the classic work on time and motion studies or factory management. It is essential reading for any American history student especially those interested in the second half of the nineteenth century. flag 1 like · Like · comment · see review Mar 03, 2014 Leonel rated it liked it An essential book for industrial engineers and to-be engineers. flag 1 like · Like · comment · see review Oct 21, 2008 Elizabeth marked it as to-read This book is recommended by Dale Carnegie flag 1 like · Like · comment · see review May 09, 2019 thethousanderclub rated it it was ok Taylorism is a pejorative term I have seen referenced in several business-related books; at least, that’s how I have most often seen it referenced. Frederick Winslow Taylor is its titular founder. Taylorism is more formally known as scientific management, which is a method of describing, analyzing, and controlling human labor. Although largely considered obsolete today, some leaders and managers, according to Dan Pink and others, still use principles of scientific management to poke, prod, and c …more flag Like · comment · see review Oct 18, 2017 Anthony rated it it was amazing A couple of years ago I read a book about Ritz-Carlton hotel group. At the time I was amazed at how systematically they select, train, and evaluate staff performance. After reading this work, it is clear to me where the principles are coming from. Only Taylor applied scientific method to manual work, while Ritz-Carlton applied it to service operations. They are identical: Select people with the highest abilities for a given task. The hotel company uses personality tests to identify the most su …more flag Like · comment · see review Oct 27, 2017 Mario Sailer rated it it was amazing Shelves: lean, management Before making up the mind about Scientific Management and Taylorism, this book should be read impartial and out of the view from the time the book was written. I found the often arrogant prejudice not confirmed. On the contrary, Taylor seemed to have genuine interest in the well-being of the blue collar worker. He advocated that workers, if following the new working procedures, get higher wages, he advocates that their workload is only such high that they are not worn out over time (in Lean this …more flag Like · comment · see review Dec 25, 2018 Dr. Maik rated it it was amazing This book undoubtedly belongs to the classical texts and foundations of management sciences, which is now easily accessible for everyone as an audiobook. Taylors develops a so-called ‘scientific’ approach to management and demonstrates in various business cases and examples that such a perspective benefits not only workers efficiency, payment, and output but also takes the management up of its promise to stand up for better working conditions. The introduction by the narrator at the beginning of …more flag Like · comment · see review Mar 25, 2019 Vernon Stinebaker rated it liked it · review of another edition Written for a different time It’s taken time for me to get through this book, and I think that’s been good for me. While many aspects of the book are distasteful from a modern — and particularly from an Agile perspective — I can imagine that future readers will look at our current practices and principles as archaic. While I have no interest in rolling back time to when this book would have been introducing a radical shift in the way work was being performed I’m grateful to the author for helpin …more flag Like · comment · see review Oct 05, 2018 Gandi Munkhjargal rated it liked it This book brought advent to scientific management written by the one and only founding father himself, Frederick Taylor. I liked the ideas presented here; also, the examples were really interesting since they are practice based. flag Like · comment · see review May 02, 2019 Derek rated it it was amazing · review of another edition Shelves: audiobook, business Really loved. Will revisit soon. flag Like · comment · see review Mar 03, 2017 Dave Bernard rated it did not like it You know what would be even more efficient than Taylor’s ideas? Using some of your workers as feed for the rest. Make sure you keep the quick and agile as studs for succeeding generations. flag Like · comment · see review Jan 03, 2018 Non Liu rated it really liked it The classic book for organizational theory… flag Like · see review Feb 14, 2014 Bob Wallner rated it really liked it Shelves: change, leadership For years I have heard that F.W. Taylor was the epitome of what is wrong with business analytics. No one could quite tell me why. When I ready Drucker’s Management, he actually sings very high praises for Taylor and his Scientific Management. I decided I was going to stop listening to what “everyone” was telling me and read for myself. The one thing that the reader must keep in mind that this was a very different time. There was an upper class and a lower class - middle class was an entirely new c …more flag Like · comment · see review Feb 20, 2017 Melissa rated it did not like it · review of another edition Shelves: non-fiction, economics-business-finance Well, now I know….. As much as I try to keep the fact that this guy died in 1915 and therefore is a product of his times I meet far too many folks citing his work to give him the benefit of the doubt. This guy clearly thinks very little of laborers: comparing them to ox, saying they are too stupid to train themselves and implying they are easily manipulated. Further, he thinks very highly of himself claiming that he work in his heart. In modern times, some of his opinions have been proven false …more flag Like · comment · see review Feb 22, 2017 Hussam rated it it was amazing Shelves: business An absolute joy to read this gem of a book. Gives you valuable insight into the mind of the father of scientific management. The methods he developed a hundred years ago hold true even today. flag Like · comment · see review Feb 17, 2017 Lama rated it liked it Frederick Winslow Taylor’s philosophy on decision theory and modern organization is a good start for a freshman in Business School. The so called “Modern” approach in this book is outdated, unsustainable for the 21st century. We are too fickle, experienced, ambitious and diverse for FWT’s practices to be tolerated by anyone really. High rating because its a good start and reference for first time Bosses/ Freshman’s.. flag Like · comment · see review May 20, 2018 Joe rated it it was amazing Shelves: favorites Being an industrial engineer, I consider Taylor as one of the founders of my livelihood. His aim to make the lives of laborers better is shown in his writings. flag Like · comment · see review Apr 03, 2016 Kalle Wescott rated it liked it This book is an absolute classic which anyone in the world of management or strategy must read. As you know, the formal study of management began in the 1800s, when outside capital began to be invested in businesses. One of the early business theories, which was also the beginnings of business strategy, was Scientific Management, discussed in this book. Frederick Winslow Taylor was a mechanical engineer who propagated the notion that management should design processes precisely, and reward optim …more flag Like · comment · see review May 07, 2016 Shaun Zhang rated it liked it Shelves: management This book is a summary of experience learnt in steel workstation by the author. The author’s philosophy of management is to cultivate and discover the distinct characters and skills of each person in a corporation, either employers or employees, and to put each in the best position for his gift and capacity, in order to maximize the total productivity in the fastest speed. The author advocates the responsibilities of manager and worker are almost evenly distributed. The principles of scientific m …more flag Like · comment · see review Feb 14, 2012 Taylor rated it really liked it Shelves: business, philosophy, history, psychology, sociology, 2012 I first heard of Taylor in Dr. James Smith’s book The Good and Beautiful Good (highly recommended). In the final chapter Smith describes Taylor’s conclusions about management and the system Taylor sets up as a false narrative resulting in our personal and societal slavery to the clock and untiring machine-like productivity. Many of Smith’s observations are regarding the cultural consequencs of Taylor’s work. I suspect that there is much useful material in Taylor’s triste (it certainly had endure …more flag Like · comment · see review Dec 26, 2011 Caroline Gordon rated it liked it · review of another edition Shelves: business, management A classic text from early 20th century detailing a new approach to management. Instead of leaving workers to determine the best way to go about their work and incenting them on thier output, have experts in time and motion study their work, optimise it and introduce those optimisations. This is done in consultation with the workers and must result in higher wages for them. He presents a strong case as to why in general workers are incented to work less, not more, many of which I would think stil …more flag Like · comment · see review May 22, 2015 Dan rated it really liked it I read this simply to study management theory for a novel I’m writing. I was surprised to learn how thoroughly Frederick Taylor’s concepts still dominate the experiences of American workers. Things like “best practice,” which I hear used in management circles as the latest thing, were coined by Taylor back in the early 1900’s. This is a really fascinating read, addressing what Taylor saw as the worker’s biggest issue, his laziness, and management’s biggest issue, their greed. 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