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Periodically Proven: Taylorism and Scientific Management

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 Periodically Proven: Taylorism and Scientific Management

Scientific Management and its History

“Management is, above all, a practice where art, science and craft meet.” What an innovative thought it is! Project Management is one of the practices that have proved themselves to be success-driven. There are multiple theories and ways for project management wherein a theory of Scientific Management by Frederick Winslow Taylor helped shape the Project Management (PM) industry.

Frederick revolutionised the world of Scientific Management and his work inspired the foundation of one of the greatest universities in the world—Harvard Business School. However, before diving deep into the concepts of Fredrick’s theory, it is a must thing to understand the basics of project management.

What is Project Management?

To achieve specific project goals, businesses prefer to acquire a system where there are managed applications of processes, methods, skills, knowledge, and experience. ‘Project Criteria’ parameters determine the ways of building PM systems. Moreover, ‘Financial Deliverables’ is the main purpose behind PM systems and it has time and budget limitations.

Remember, management is an ongoing process. On the other hand, project management has finite variables such as specific timespan and deliverables. And hence, Project Management professionals must have a full span of skills; especially technical skills and management skills.

The 20th Century Story

In 1909, a well-qualified American Engineer master, Fredrick Taylor spiraled the theory of ‘Scientific Theory.’ It is commonly known as ‘Taylorism’ and this theory made him the ‘Father of Scientific Management.’ With his efforts on the understanding the scientific process of work, he developed various management methods.

In Taylorism, the theory believes that productivity and efficiency are the results of optimization of work and not the ways the workers were made work hard. It also explains the assumption that productivity could increase by making jobs simpler and their optimization. For that, it also assumed that managers were the connecting line between the workforce and efficient work.

Managers of that time did not interact with their subordinates and left them with only work. They used to leave the employees for projects to execute alone. However, Taylorism tells that organizations can enhance efficiency if managers worked closely with the workers.

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