Taylorism at Work
In the past the prevailing idea has been well expressed in the saying that 'Captains of industry are born, not made'... In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men...
comes from Fredrick Winslow Taylor / inventor of the "management consultant" & "the open office" => 1904 / wrote The Principles of Scientific Management / published in 1911
not trying to eliminate talented people / was about finding the best way to do a job = systemic standardization + training + efficiency
Lenin and the soviets loved Taylor's ideas / problem was that they were lied all the time by false production data = inflated numbers / propaganda / a common thing in communist countries with centralized economy owned by the state / also happens in some western companies for PR or to mislead investors / double check the reliability of the data
[ CONTEXT ] = management, productivity, methods, ideas, quote