Scientific Management Quiz

Scientific management is the art of knowing exactly what is to be done and the best way of doing it. It involves scientifically thought out methods of work, scientific selection and training of workers, and determination of the most efficient speed. It characterizes an organization and procedure based on principles derived through scientific investigation and analysis, rather than tradition or trial and error.

Frederick Winslow Taylor is known as the father of scientific management because he was the first to introduce scientific method at the workshop level and noticed wastage of time and energy on the part of workers.

Taylor observed that the workers were deliberately slack in performing their work due to time-rate as the basis of wage payment, and the unscientific and crude methods used for performing tasks, which led to the workers not being able to produce to their maximum capacity.

Taylor's observation of worker inefficiency and unscientific work methods led him to introduce scientific methods at the workshop level and to focus on scientifically selecting and training workers to improve efficiency and productivity.

Scientific management is also known as Taylorism because Frederick Winslow Taylor was the first to introduce scientific methods at the workshop level and is considered the father of scientific management.