Organization and management

• Who is the father of Scientific management?

  Frederick Winslow Taylor
• What is the first principle in Scientific management

  Replacing the "rule of thumb" with Scientific Management
• It is under the principles in Scientific Management that used stop-watch timing to measure each production step

  Time Studies
• A system for anaylzing the motions involved in performing a task

  Therblig System
• It is the process of coordinating and overseeing the work performance of individuals working together in organization

  Management
• Before Scientific Management:

  • Handcrafting of products
  • semi-automatic machines
  • Application of "Rule of Thumb"
  • No formal study of management
• Ms. Daisy V. Justiniani
• Soldiering - the workers act of deliberately slowing their pace or restricting work output
• 2nd principle of Scientific management

  Match workers with their jobs
• 3rd principle of Scientific management

  Monitor work performance
• Piece-rate system - Workers are paid for each unit of output to encourage them to produce more
• 4th principle of Scientific management

  Distinguish work between managers and workers
• Delineation of Authority - Managers should focus on managing and Workers should only focus on working
• Frank and Lilian Gilbreth

  • Associates of Frederick Taylor
  • Created the Therblig System
• Motion Study - Analysis of each motion of work to look for wasted efforts in an attempt to reduce each task to the smaller amount of expended time and energy
• How many symbols in the Therblig System? 18
• Before scientific management, semi-automatic machines were used
• Piece-rate system: Workers are paid for each unit of output to encourage them to produce more
• Gantt chart is useful for scheduling and planning projects

  • The chart may be considered a visual tool for the action plan
• Division of labor: Jobs are broken down into simple, routine, and well-defined tasks
• Henry Fayol introduced the 5 functions of management and 14 principles of Management
• Elton Mayo is known for the "Hawthorne Studies"
• Bureaucracy means to rule from a desk or office
• PARTNERSHIP - co-owners business profit
• NETWORK ORGANIZATION -Collaborate on goods and service
• SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT - tools such as research, management, and analysis
• SPOKESPERSON - Share the Information
• STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES - Overallgoals
• OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES - Overall goals
• OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES - RESULTS EXPECTED
• LINE FUNCTIONS - TASK DESIGN, FABRICATION