Structure and co-ordination Flashcards
1
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What is scientific management
A
Management of business according to principles of efficiency derived from experiments in methods of work and production
2
Q
3 Positives of SM
A
- Centralizes control
- Easier to train workers
- Gives more jobs to the less educated
- Increases pay and profits
- Jobs safer and healthier
3
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3 Negatives of SM
A
- Doesn’t acknowledge workers intelligence or capacity to innovate
- Piece rate system lead to self interested behaviour
- Workers get bored by repetition
- Sets up class system (managers vs labourers)
