UCSB English 25 Final Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024

UCSB English 25 Final Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Principles of Scientific Management - ANSWER--author: Frederick Winslow Taylor -first began where workmen were the only people with full knowledge of how to complete their tasks -managers at first did not interfere because they knew the workmen were knowledgable about their tasks and therefore felt like they could not speak up -companies wanted to be more efficient to save time and money, so they created the "initiative and incentive" method where they told the workmen if they worked harder they would ear a bonus, promotion, higher wages, shorter hours, etc. -workmen did not do this cause they wanted to spite their bosses and companies -scientific management though gave the managers a lot more duties and tasks where they would gather all the knowledge of the workmen, decide what worked best (survival of the fittest rules/methods), workmen than only focused on one task which made things more efficient -workmen now had instructions of how to perform the task and the exact time indicated -using scientific methods to perfect max efficiency -Taylorism: bricklaying - ANSWER--studied by Mr.Frank and Jullian Gilbreth -went from 18 to 5 motions to lay bricks -got rid of unnecessary motions such as having to bend down and pick up a brick -used object to makes things easier such as a mortar and scaffold to hold bricks up near waist so people didn't need to bend down -bricks were first laid down a certain way so that it would be easier to grab, than transported to the person who would lay bricks, than the person would put cement on one side of the brick and go from the right to left hand -use time motion studies Capitalism, Socialism, Democracy - "creative destruction" - ANSWER--author: Joseph A. Schumpeter