week 4 foremans empire

Question 1

19 th century factory

Answer 1

fragmented, decentralized organization
supervision and skilled workers
precision work is necessary– skilled workers largely set their own salery work hours and team

the power is in the hands of the worker!!!

contract system –> highly skilled workmen almost functioning like managers. The worker is like an independent bussinessmen working for an anticipated profit

the social relation between the contractor and his men protected the latter against exploitation

however the system become less useful as manufacturers increades output and required mass production

emergence of salaried foreman

Question 2

The responsibilities and proporties of a foreman

Answer 2

get the work done,
interpret the managements polecies to the workers
hired trained motivated and discipline the workers

driving method of supervision:
- combination of authoritarian rule and physical compulsion
- principal responsibility was to insure that workers did not reduce machine’s potential
- very little constraints on the foremans

Question 3

rise of the systematic managment

Answer 3

shop management
adoption of administrative systems
transfer of foreman’s responsibilites to staff
= Labor legislations
- effort to put method into shop management»
- Increasing complexity of production operations
- Emergence of trained egineers (end of 19th century)
- Engineers discovered that improved machinary alone was not sufficient for success
- Need a system and method of management
- to find a solution for lack of coordination