The theory of organizations in the scientific doctrine on the example of the USA

Abstract

Being a management consulting with an engineering background, F.W. Taylor opened a discourse of organizational theory and behavior by publishing his work called “Principles of Scientific management”. Based on the time and motion method, Taylor coined the scientific approach in production process, which aims to improve output with minimum input. In other words Taylorism means maximum efficiency which can be achieved by: – making tasks simple and clear. Tasks should be easy to understand and clear enough to exclude possible mistakes. Here we can introduce the “division of labour” in which worker was engaged only in small, but significant part of the whole process. This improved speed of production and lowered its costs; – paying attention to training and increasing proficiency of employees. Workers should be properly trained to accomplish their tasks. Workers are not supposed to provide initiative or be creative. They should do what has been told in quick and professional manner; – role of the manager is to ensure a close supervision and control over employee in order to ensure that everything is made in accordance to set rules and procedures (which are based on the scientific approach).