Maximum Prosperity

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According to Frievald (1998), the primary objective in the fundamentals of scientific management is to secure the maximum prosperity for the employer. The word “maximum prosperity”, in its broader sense defines to the development of every branch of the business to its optimum state of excellence, in order for the prosperity to be permanent. This maximum prosperity in each employee doesn’t only pertain to higher wages than by that received by men of his class, but it is the development of each man to his state of maximum efficiency. Under the maximum prosperity is the two leading objects of the management that is the employer and employee which has no question that throughout the industrial world, a large part of them are for war rather than …show more content…

It is possible to give them what they want, lower labor cost for manufacturers by the employers and high wages for the work man by the employees. It is viewed that some employers trying to get the largest amount of work out of them for the smallest possible wages. And to modify this view, it may be led to see that a more liberal policy towards their men will pay them better. Some of the workmen begrudge a fair and even large profit to their employers and all the fruit of their hard works should and must belong to them. Prosperity of any individual would only exist when the latter has turning out his largest daily output, which is its highest state of …show more content…

Prosperity could only exist as a result on the productivity of the workmen and machines in the workplace and maximum prosperity would only exist as a result of a maximum productivity. It tells that the primary objects of the workmen and management are training and development of each individual. Principles stated, appeared to be self-evident, many workmen view it as a childish point of act. Instead of using effort, in return of having the largest amount of work, workmen would plan to do as little as they safely can in order to turn out far less work. In many situations, proper days of work do not establish one third to one half resulting to a under work. Underworking is defined to be working in a slow manner so as to avoid doing full and proper days of work. In some other countries, underworking is called “soldiering”, “hang it out” and “ca canae”. This habit is already universal in the industry. It already constitutes the evil, which afflicted most working people. Eliminating this kind of evil in the industry and some other causes of slow working process of an individual, the establishments should lower the cost of production. With this, it would remove the causes and would have a permanent effect upon misfortunes. It would be able to gain higher wages and better working

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