Scientific Management Analysis

...

Finally, scientific management has a strong linkage with business ethic because the theory ignores the higher level needs of employees and social influences on workers. In other words, Taylor states that manager should treat labors as machines to gain a maximum productivity, but in fact, human are not robots, they are living and social-being. Therefore, scientific management faces the challenge of business ethics, for instance, employees will feel board or tired by doing the identical job for a long time, and after applied scientific management, employees may lose the cooperation and friendship between each others. Moreover, Taylor defined that managers need to find one best way to work, but in some cases, it is not the best way that employees believed. So, scientific management actually effaces the humanity of workers since employees are not able to think by themselves, they just follow the rule and regulation set by the company. Therefore, on the side of humanity, scientific management violate the business ethic due to transformation of workers into machines (Derksen, 2014).

In conclusion, scientific management is a perspective that focus on scientifically determination of changes in management decisions which lead to a better productivity . The theory aims to improve the productivity efficiency further increase economic efficiency. In the past, scientific management was used in the production industry and still widely used in current situations like supermarkets. Business could gain a significant improvement of productivity by using this theory, on the other hand, the business will also face the challenge of business ethics since the theory ignores the humanity of employees.

Reference List

Derksen, M. (2014). Turning Men into Machines? Scientific Management, Industrial Psychology, and the “Human Factor”. J. Hist. Behav. Sci., 50(2), pp.148-165.

DeWinter, J., Kocurek, C. and Nichols, R. (2014). Taylorism 2.0: Gamification, scientific management and the capitalist appropriation of play. journal of gaming & virtual worlds, 6(2), pp.109-127.

DAVID, A. (2014). The Hidden Reason Why the First World War Matters Today: The Development and Spread of Modern Management. Brown Journal of World Affairs., 21(1), pp.201-218.

Bell, R. and Martin, J. (2012). The Relevance of Scientific Management and Equity Theory in Everyday Managerial Communication Situations. Journal of Management Policy & Practice., 12(3), pp.106-115.

Samson, D. and Daft, R. (2015). Management. 5th ed. South melbourne: Cengage Learning Australia Pty limited.

O’Connell, V. (17 November 2008). Stores Count Seconds to Trim Labor Costs. The Wall Street Journal; and O’Connell, V. (10 September 2008). Retailers Reprogram Workers in Efficiency Push. The Wall Street Journal.