Shop Management

""Shop Management"" is a classic book written by Frederick Winslow Taylor, a renowned American mechanical engineer and management consultant. It was first published in 1903 and has since become a seminal work in the field of industrial engineering and management. The book outlines Taylor's principles of scientific management, which aimed to improve the efficiency and productivity of industrial processes by applying scientific methods to management practices. The book is divided into three main parts. The first part provides an introduction to the principles of scientific management, including the importance of time and motion studies, the selection and training of workers, and the standardization of work processes. The second part focuses on the practical application of these principles in the shop or factory setting, covering topics such as planning and scheduling, cost accounting, and the use of incentives and rewards to motivate workers. The third part of the book explores the role of management in creating a productive and efficient workplace culture, including the importance of communication, cooperation, and teamwork.Throughout the book, Taylor emphasizes the importance of using scientific methods to analyze and improve industrial processes, and he argues that this approach can lead to significant improvements in productivity, quality, and profitability. While some of Taylor's ideas have been criticized for being overly mechanistic and dehumanizing, ""Shop Management"" remains an important and influential work in the history of industrial engineering and management theory.It is, however, under piece work that the art of systematic soldiering is thoroughly developed. After a workman has had the price per piece of the work he is doing lowered two or three times as a result of his having worked harder and increased his output, he is likely to entirely lose sight of his employer's side of the case and to become imbued with a grim determination to have no more cuts if soldiering can prevent it. Unfortunately for the character of the workman, soldiering involves a deliberate attempt to mislead and deceive his employer, and thus upright and straight-forward workmen are compelled to become more or less hypocritical.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.