Frederick Winslow Taylor: The Father Of Scientific Management

INTRODUCTION

Management can be defined as “achieving goals in a way that makes the best use of all resources.” Management is like investment; its goal is to get the most out of resources, add the most value or get the best return. (Mccrimmon, 2011)

Every single organization relies on approved practices in managing their day to day activities. This may include the using identified best methods in completing a particular task, how to remunerate workers, adopting the right working conditions for employees, and others. All these methods have been proven through series of tests and experiments and are known as theories.

A theory is said to be a systematic and general attempt to explain something. The management of organizations came as a result of the works of certain theorist who sought to identify the best methods of getting work done at the work place. Most of these theorists made their breakthroughs working in engineering environments. They drove their ultimate desires into convictions and found ways which ensured positive results like reducing work times when completing work.

MANAGEMENT AS A PRODUCT OF ENGINEERING

A product of something is a result from that something. So when success comes as a result of hard work, success then

Known to be the father of Scientific Management, Taylor expressed workers are not going to operate to their maximum efficiency and there is a lot of effort wasted in the system. Working in the Midvale Steel Company, he analysed and timed steel workers movement on a series of jobs then broke down each job into various components. He established how workers at the shop should be able to deal with materials at hand by finding the quickest and best method of performing each component. His theory widely known as “Principles of Scientific Management” was clearly made while ensuring there is increase in productivity and efficiency at the engineering