The Principles of Scientific Management
Forfatter: Frederick Winslow Taylor
År: 1919
Forlag: Harper & Brothers Publishers
Sted: New York and London
Sider: 144
UDK: 658.01 Tay
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FUNDAMENTALS OF SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT 19
agement, ” which it is hoped will explain fully this
cause for soldiering:
1 ‘This loafing or soldiering proceeds from two
causes. First, from the natural instinct and tendency
of men to take it easy, which may be called natural
soldiering. Second, from more intricate second
thought and reasoning caused by their relations
with other men, which may be called systematic
soldiering.
“ There is no question that the tendency of the
average man (in all walks of life) is toward working
at a slow, easy gait, and that it is only after a good
deal of thought and observation on his part or as a
result of example, conscience, or external pressure
that he takes a more rapid pace.
“ There are, of course, men of unusual energy,
vitality, and ambition who naturally choose the
fastest gait, who set up their own standards, and
who work hard, even though it may be against their
best interests. But these few uncommon men only
serve by forming a contrast to emphasize the ten-
dency of the average.
“This common tendency to ‘take it easy’ is
greatly increased by bringing a number of men
together on similar work and at a uniform standard
rate of pay by the day.
“ Under this plan the better men gradually but
surely slow down their gait to that of the poor-
est and least efficient. When a naturally ener-
getic man works for a few days beside a lazy
one, the logic of the situation is unanswerable.