Scientific Management: Meaning, Principles, Techniques

Scientific management involves analyzing workflows to improve economic efficiency, especially labor productivity.

Scientific Management: Features

The term scientific management is the combination of two words i.e. scientific and management. The word “Scientific” means systematic analytical and objective approach while “management” means getting things done through others. In simple words Scientific management means application of principles and methods of science in the field of management.

According to Fredrick Winslow Taylor, “Scientific management means knowing exactly what you want men to do and seeing that they do it in the best and the cheapest way.

The main characteristics or features of scientific management are as follows:

• Approach: It is a systematic, analytical and objective approach to solve industrial problems.
• Economy: The basis of scientific management is economy. For implementing economy, all the unnecessary elements of production are eliminated and a sincere effort is made to achieve optimum production at the minimum cost.
• A Definite plan: The main characteristic of scientific management is that before starting and work there must be a definite plan before as and the work is to be done strictly according to that plan.
• Discards old methods: It discards the age old methods of rule of thumb and hit or miss approach.
• Emphasis: It lays emphasis on all factors of production, men, material and technology.
• Techniques: It implies scientific techniques in methods of work, recruitment, selection and training of workers.
• Attempts: It attempts to develop each man to his greatest efficiency and prosperities.
• Method: It attempts to discover the best method of doing a work at the cheapest cost.

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