The One Best Way: Frederick Winslow Taylor and the Enigma of Efficiency (Sloan Technology)
Registered by ReallyBookish of Furlong, Pennsylvania USA on 2/28/2015
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
3 journalers for this copy...
I am pretty sure this book is overflow from my dad's house. Registering for future release.
Journal Entry 2 by ReallyBookish at by mail, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Monday, July 20, 2015
Released 8 yrs ago (7/20/2015 UTC) at by mail, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
I am adding this book to the Bride of Potpourri Bookbox. Happy trails!
I'm claiming this book from the Bride of Potpourri bookbox. It's a biography of the first "efficiency expert", and sounds quite fascinating!
Later: Lots of details on the history of industrial efficiency in general, plus biographical details of Taylor himself. Not too surprisingly, there was quite a disconnect between Taylor's idea of pure efficiency and the idea of decent working conditions for individual laborers; Taylor seems to have considered workers as interchangeable cogs who should have no interest in or control over the jobs they did beyond following his instructions.
I can certainly see the appeal of optimizing manufacturing processes, and many of Taylor's ideas and inventions (he was quite a dab hand at crafting things) were marvelous, saving time and energy and labor. But he did go overboard on the "maximize effort, minimize workforce" aspect of things, and fell foul of the budding labor unions - cue conflict and controversy...
The book includes keen looks at many aspects of personal and working life at the turn of the 19th-to-20th centuries.
Later: Lots of details on the history of industrial efficiency in general, plus biographical details of Taylor himself. Not too surprisingly, there was quite a disconnect between Taylor's idea of pure efficiency and the idea of decent working conditions for individual laborers; Taylor seems to have considered workers as interchangeable cogs who should have no interest in or control over the jobs they did beyond following his instructions.
I can certainly see the appeal of optimizing manufacturing processes, and many of Taylor's ideas and inventions (he was quite a dab hand at crafting things) were marvelous, saving time and energy and labor. But he did go overboard on the "maximize effort, minimize workforce" aspect of things, and fell foul of the budding labor unions - cue conflict and controversy...
The book includes keen looks at many aspects of personal and working life at the turn of the 19th-to-20th centuries.
Journal Entry 4 by 
GoryDetails
at El Cafe - World Learning Campus in Brattleboro, Vermont USA on Thursday, October 8, 2015
GoryDetails at El Cafe - World Learning Campus in Brattleboro, Vermont USA on Thursday, October 8, 2015
Released 8 yrs ago (10/7/2015 UTC) at El Cafe - World Learning Campus in Brattleboro, Vermont USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I left this book on the book-swap shelf in the student center at around 4:30; hope the finder enjoys it!*** Released as part of the 2015 Keep Them Moving release challenge. ***
Hello GoryDetails! I was vacationing in VT/NH and saw this OBCZ listed on BC. As you can imagine, I was thrilled, and went on an adventure to track it down. Not sure if I'll read it, but I'll definitely pass it on.
Near the register, on the customer side...slightly tucked under the counter.
Released for ekorren's 52 Towns in 52 Weeks Release Challenge.
Released for ekorren's 52 Towns in 52 Weeks Release Challenge.
