Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915) utilized a \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdscientific management\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd system that enabled his clients (and those who would soon indirectly apply his methods) to
\nperform at a more profitable and productive rate. Taylor, who was a self-proclaimed progressive, demonstrated to those who sought out his services exactly \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdhow to cut<\/p>\n
waste and increase productivity\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdby breaking down work activities\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdinto a sequence of mechanical steps and using stopwatches to measure the time it took each worker to<\/p>\n
perform each step in a task.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Furthermore \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdTaylor established detailed performance standards\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd such as a monetary incentive \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdfor each job classification, specifying how<\/p>\n
fast people doing each job should work and when they should rest.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdAccording to Taylor such a system needed to be implanted due to man\ufffd\ufffd\ufffds natural sluggishness without<\/p>\n
incentives, \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdMen will not do an extraordinary day\ufffd\ufffd\ufffds work for an ordinary day\ufffd\ufffd\ufffds pay.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd He also maintained that, with such a system in place, strikes would be eliminated.<\/p>\n
A corresponding system, Shi & Tindall (2015) suggests, was needed in \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdstate and federal agencies to eliminate overlap,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd establish \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdclear lines of authority, and the<\/p>\n
replacement of political appointees with trained specialists.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd This gave way to the implementation of Taylorist ideals in the confines of the reorientations of cities<\/p>\n
as well as \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdcounty governments.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Whereas the commission system gave \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdultimate authority in a board composed of a small group of commissioners who combined both<\/p>\n
legislative and executive powers in heading up city departments\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd the city-manager plan \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdappointed professional\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd administrators to run \ufffd\ufffd\ufffda city or county government in<\/p>\n
accordance with policies set by the elected council and mayor.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd However, as with all systems Taylorism, too, had its drawbacks. Local representations of respective<\/p>\n
neighborhoods were traded in lieu of \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdat-large commissioners;\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd blue-collared voters lost their voices in local government; And those who felt it necessary for<\/p>\n
government expansion were left in want of a system that did not focus on its costs over services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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