Deming Institute

JULY 16, 2018

Like Dr. Deming, Professor Rose is not afraid to move between academia and the world outside and seek a broader systems view. Frederick Taylor’s (1856-1915) Scientific Management depicted factory workers as uncouth lumps of clay to be shaped to fit industrial ends.

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Deming Books Review Scientific Management 28

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2015

The advent of the modern organization and the practice of management constitutes a “social technology” that has been equally transformative. The forces of technology and management will continue to hold equal sway as the 21st century unfolds. This is a situation that cannot endure.

Management 8

Management Drucker EPS Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2014

Whether you’ve heard of them or not, two gurus from the early 20 th century still dominate management thinking and practice — to our detriment. It has been more than 100 years since Frederick Taylor, an American engineer working in the steel business, published his seminal work on the principles of scientific management.

Taylorism 12

Taylorism Taylor Mayo Cooper 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

But maybe the thrill of accomplishment in these pockets is diverting senior managers’ attention from another, even more critical opportunity: Digital technologies are also rapidly changing how managers can acquire and assess the information they use to develop and execute on enterprise-wide strategy. To what extent?

Strategy 11

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

But maybe the thrill of accomplishment in these pockets is diverting senior managers’ attention from another, even more critical opportunity: Digital technologies are also rapidly changing how managers can acquire and assess the information they use to develop and execute on enterprise-wide strategy. To what extent?

Strategy 8

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Harvard Business Review editors go to work every day on articles they hope will make their mark on the history of management thinking. Coincidentally, the site where they go to work is itself of historical importance to management — because of a fight that is still alive today. It was the first worker rebellion against Taylorism.

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Taylorism Taylor Committee Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

Traditional mass manufacturing is based on principles of “Scientific Management” that date back to the 19th century. Managers hold virtually all decision-making authority. Here’s a simplified description of the difference between the two approaches. Workers specialize in simple, highly routinized operations.

Lean Manufacturing 9

Lean Manufacturing Supply Chain Apparel Compliance 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Perceiving a need for a more cerebral breed of managers to preside over corporations of unprecedented scale and scope, both looked for models to the research-driven natural science fields. The scientific management emphasis on efficiency and profit at all costs can no longer take precedence over human values.

Education 17

Education Drucker Globalization Trends 17

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2015

Taylor , the founder of scientific management who died 100 years ago. Then came the new frontline: enterprise-wide computer systems. Over the last 25 years, organizations’ processes have become increasingly tied to complex IT systems that specify each step of a task. How did the war start, and why is it important?

Process 8

Process Banking Compliance Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Perceiving a need for a more cerebral breed of managers to preside over corporations of unprecedented scale and scope, both looked for models to the research-rich natural science fields. The scientific management emphasis on efficiency and profit at all costs can no longer take precedence over human values.

Education 10

Education Drucker Gordon Scientific Management 10

LDRLB

MAY 12, 2010

Elton Mayo, a scientific management researcher, wanted to examine the impact of work conditions on employee productivity. Mayo’s findings challenged many assumptions of scientific management. The Hawthorne studies found that the workplace was a social system.

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Hawthorne Effect Mayo Scientific Management Morale 79

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2013

With Frederick''s Taylor invention of scientific management in the 1880s, and its subsequent assimilation into what we now consider modern management, organizations have used logic and rationality to the eliminate waste, to seek efficiency, and to transfer human knowledge to tools and processes. IT management'

CTO 8

CTO Franchising CIO Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

Below are five pointers to frame and guide the conversation for technology geeks and practitioners to champion the use of auto-analytics in their businesses: Auto-analytics can be understood within the tradition of scientific management. Management science has its roots in experimentation and productivity improvement.

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Organization Self-aware Taylorism Taylor 12