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Fredrick W. Taylor (1856 – 1915), pioneered the scientific management movement which studies a job carefully, breaking it into its smallest components, establish exact time and motion requirements for each task to be done, and then train workers to best complete these tasks in the same ways over and over again (Schermerhorn, Hunt & Osborn, 1998). These efforts are the forerunners of modern industrial engineering approaches to job design that focus on process efficiencies, the best methods and smooth workflows. Despite these efforts, there were critics that criticized Taylor's assertion that there is no such thing as "skill" in making and moving things and for not asking the workers he studied on how they thought their jobs could be improved.

The purpose of this essay is to identify how relevant are Taylor's ideas to the survival of today's organizations. Firstly, this essay will briefly discuss Taylor's four principles of management. Next, the essay will compare Taylor's four......

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