3. WANTSTOKNOW
• “HOW TO UTILIZE EFFECTIVE HUMAN RESOURCE AND REASON BEHIND SLOW WORK?”
• PRINCIPLESOFSCIENTIFICMANAGEMENT
• REPLACEMENTOFTHUMBOFRULE
• CO-OPERARTIONS
• DEVELOPMENTOFWORKERSANDSELECTIONS
• MAXIMUMOUTPUT
• DISTRIBUTIONOFWORK
4. PRINCIPLESOFSCIENTIFICMANAGEMENT
• REPLACEMENTOFTHUMBOFRULE
-Taylor believed that even a small activity like loading paper sheets into boxcars can be planned
scientifically.
-This rule focuses on increasing the efficiency of an organization through scientific analysis of work and
not with the ‘Rule of Thumb’ method
• CO-OPERARTIONS
-The main purpose is to substitute internal competition with cooperation.
-Managers and workers should have mutual cooperation and confidence and a sense of goodwill.
• DEVELOPMENTOFWORKERSANDSELECTIONS
-To assure that the training is given to the right employee, the right steps should be taken at the time of
selection and recruiting candidates based on a scientific selection.
• MAXIMUM OUTPUT
-Maximum output & optimum utilization of resources
will bring higher profits for the employer & better wages for `the workers.
• DISTRIBUTIONOFWORK
-This principle determines the concrete nature of roles to be played by different level of managers & workers.
The management should assume the responsibility of planning the work whereas workers should be concerned with
execution of task.
5. ELEMENTSOFSCIENTIFICELEMENTS
• SCIENTIFIC WORKSTUDY
• Method study
• Motion study
• Time study or work measurement
• Fatigue study
• STANDARDIZATIONOFTOOLSANDEQUIPMENTS
• Standardization would help to reduce spoilage and wastage of materials, improve quality of work,
reduce cost of production and reduce fatigue among the workers.
• TASKSETTING
• It is essential to set a standard task which an average worker source does during a working day.
• SETTINGOFWAGERATES
• Under this system, higher rates are offered to those workers who produce more than the standard quantity.
• FUNCTIONALFOREMANSHIP
• Functional foremanship is a form, of organisation which involves supervision of a worker by several
specialist foremen.
• DIFFERENTIALPIECE-RATEPLAN
• Under this plan, there are two piece work rates, one is lower and another is higher. The standard of
efficiency is determined in terms of number of units during a day or standard same
6. LIMITATIONSOFPRINCIPLES
1.Exploitative devices: The benefits of increased productivity were not shared with the workers,
therefore there was no change in the economic condition of the workers.
2.Depersonalizedwork: The workers were doing the same kind of work everyday, which led to
monotony.
3.Undemocratic: There was no rotation of work, challenging tasks were performed by a specific group
of workers while others were burdened with routine work.
4.Unrealistic: The scientific management theory focused mainly on the financial and physical needs of the
workers, while ignoring the ego needs and social status of the workers.
5.RequiresHugeCapital: Setting up of work study, planning department and training of workers involves
considerable amount of investment.
6.Autocratic: It provides total control to the superiors in the way they manage the subordinates, which leads to
dissatisfaction among workers.