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Principles of Management 51 those who performed above standard rather than quarrelling over the and for those who performed share in the resultant surplus, the below standard. For example, it is workers and managers should work determined that standard output per in harmony for maximising the output worker per day is 10 units and those rather than restricting it. Clearly the who made standard or more than sum and substance of Taylor’s ideas standard will get Rs. 50 per unit and lies not in the disjointed description of those below will get Rs. 40 per unit. principles and techniques of scientific Now an efficient worker making 11 management, but in the change of units will get 11�50= Rs. 550 per day the mindset, which he referred to as whereas a worker who makes 9 units mental revolution. Mental revolution will get 9××�40 = Rs. 360 per day. involves a change in the attitude of According to Taylor, the difference workers and management towards of Rs. 190 should be enough for the one another from competition to inefficient worker to be motivated cooperation. Both should realise that to perform better. From his own they require one another. Both should experience, Taylor gives the example ofaim to increase the size of surplus. a worker namedSchmidtwhowasable This would eliminate the need for any to earn 60% more wages from $1.15 to agitation.Managementshouldsharea $1.85 on increasing pig iron loading part of surplus with workers. Workers from 12.5 tons per man per day to 47 should also contribute their might tons per man per day in box cars at so that the company makes profits. Bethlehem Steel works by following This attitude will be good for both of scientific management techniques. them and also for the company. In the Itisimportanttohavearelookatthe long run only worker’s well-being will techniques of scientific management ensure prosperity of the business. as comprising a unified whole of Now, having studied the elements, Taylor’s prescription of efficiency. principles and techniques of scientific Search for efficiency requires the management we can consider the search for one best method and the practicalapplicationsofthesameatthe chosen method must lead to the time of F.W. Taylor and in the present. determination of a fair day’s work. We can also examine the present There must be a compensation system status of scientific management. that differentiates those who are able Today, many new techniques have to accomplish/exceed the fair day’s beendevelopedasasequeltoscientific work. This differential system must be management. Operations research based on the premise that efficiency was developed in the second World is the result of the joint efforts of ther to optimise the deployment of war managers and the workers. Thus, material. Similarly assembly line was Reprint 2026-27