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Show TH At ey o k ang g ben, Th tted tha € greate couple b make plan NanageY Way Wherea the whol on of th ' Tequire f "iifia n to hea ell as fo s as well 0oL Th stablish udgmen vely use e, Th ' to kee vork at done b Jecessit ordanc n Wer it \\'0111( nd 46 one tYP m)e 1 o malg PRINCIPLE O SCIENTIFI MANAGEMEN 2 The man in the planning room, whose specialty under scientifi management is planning ahead, invariably finds that the work ca be done better and more economically by a subdivision of the labor each act of each mechanic, for example, should be preceded b various preparatory acts done by other men And all of this involves as we have said, "an almost equal division of the responsibility an the work between the management and the workman. To summarize: Under the management of ‘"initiative and incentive"' practically the whole problem is "up to the workman," whil under scientific management fully one-half of the problem is "up t the management. Perhaps the most prominent single element in modern scientifi The work of every workman is full management is the task idea planned out by the management at least one day in advance, an each man receives in most cases complete written instructions describing in detail the task which he is to accomplish, as well a And the work planned i the means to be used in doing the work advance in this way constitutes a task, which is to be solved as explained above, not by the workmen alone, but in almost all cases b the joint effort of the workman and the management, those in th management doing a considerable part of the work which in the pas has been done by the workman alone This task specifies not onl what is to be done but how it is to be done, and the exact time allowe for doing it. And whenever the workman succeeds in doing hi task right, and within the time limit specified, he receives an addition of from 30 per cent. to 100 per cent. to his ordinary wages These tasks are carefully planned, so that both good and carefu work are called for in their performance, but it should be.distinctl understood that in no case is the workman called upon to work a a pace which would be injurious to his health. The task is alway so regulated that the man who is well suited to his job will thriv while working at this rate during a long term of years and gro Scientifi happier and more prosperous, instead of being overworked management consists very largely in preparing for and carrying ou these tasks The writer is fully aware that to perhaps most of the readers o this paper the four elements which differentiate the new manage ment from the old will at first appear to be merely high-soundin phrases; and he would again repeat that he has no idea of convincin the reader of their value merely through announcing their existence His hope of carrying conviction rests upon demonstrating the tremendous force and effect of these four elements through a series o |
