Vile Bodies, Evelyn Waugh (Left to right: Eduardo Garcia Benito, Frederick Taylor, Sheilah Beckett, Evelyn Waugh, Unknown, Mary Evans, Quentin Blake, Bentley/Farrell/Burnett, Kate Baylay)
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Vile Bodies, Evelyn Waugh (Left to right: Eduardo Garcia Benito, Frederick Taylor, Sheilah Beckett, Evelyn Waugh, Unknown, Mary Evans, Quentin Blake, Bentley/Farrell/Burnett, Kate Baylay)
“ Nello stesso anno 1903, in cui Taylor annuncia a Saratoga, in una riunione di ingegneri americani, l'uscita del suo libro principale, e in cui Ford apre la sua azienda a Detroit, in Europa, a Vienna, si inaugura appunto la Wiener Werkstätte. È la cooperativa, cui ho già accennato, fondata da Klimt, Schiele, Hoffmann e altri geni dell'estetica. Vi si produce di tutto, dalle cartoline alle carte da parati, dalle posate ai mobili, da interi palazzi a interi quartieri di città. E si produce con criteri assolutamente diversi da quelli di Taylor: scarsa divisione del lavoro, poca standardizzazione, poca specializzazione, poca sincronizzazione, poca centralizzazione, poca massimizzazione. Con straordinari risultati creativi. Gruppi come questo verranno considerati come gli ultimi bagliori dell'artigianato rinascimentale. Invece erano i primi germi della società postindustriale. Oggi, un'azienda organizzata secondo i principi di Taylor e Ford è destinata a fallire; se invece è organizzata secondo i principi della Wiener Werkstätte, riesce a prosperare. Accanto a ciò, sul crinale del Novecento avvenne tutta una serie di innovazioni profondissime delle quali, sul momento, non si colse tutta la novità: tra il 1870 e il 1890, Lobacevskij dimostra l'imperfezione del postulato della retta e scardina le basi di tutta la geometria euclidea. Nel 1899 Schönberg compone «Notte trasfigurata» con cui smantella i presupposti della musica tonale ponendo le basi della dodecafonia. Nel 1900 Freud pubblica «L'interpretazione dei sogni» e rivoluziona tutta la psicologia classica. Nel 1905 Einstein pubblica i suoi primi lavori sulla relatività e costringe la fisica a una completa revisione. Nel 1907 Picasso espone «Les demoiselles d'Avignon» con cui inaugura il cubismo, distrugge l'equilibrio dell'opera e, con esso, l'unità percettiva della simmetria. Nel 1918 Le Corbusier concepisce il Modello Domino con cui elimina d'un colpo solo tutti i criteri costruttivi dell'architettura tradizionale. Nel 1922 Joyce pubblica l'«Ulisse» con cui sostituisce l'opera aperta al romanzo concluso. Nel 1934 Enrico Fermi provoca la fissione dell'atomo dell'uranio, inaugurando l'era nucleare. Nel 1953 Crick e Watson scoprono la struttura del D.n.a. e aprono la strada alla biologia molecolare, destinata a diventare la grande scienza del ventunesimo secolo. Così, dentro la società industriale, si annidano e crescono i germi della società postindustriale. Proprio in quei campi, l'arte e la scienza, che l'industria aveva snobbato. “
Domenico De Masi, Ozio creativo. Conversazione con Maria Serena Palieri, Ediesse (collana Interventi), Roma, 1997¹; pp. 44-45.
Robots have already taken over our work, but they’re made of flesh and bone
Many jobs in the modern economy have been sapped of their humanity. How should we resist the rise of ‘digital Taylorism’?
By Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger
Most of the headlines about technology in the workplace relate to robots rendering people unemployed. But what if this threat is distracting us from another of the distorting effects of automation? To what extent are we being turned into workers that resemble robots?
Take taxi drivers. The prevailing wisdom is they will be replaced by Uber drivers, who in turn will ultimately be replaced by self-driving cars. Those lauding Transport for London’s refusal to renew Uber’s licence might like to consider how, long before that company “disrupted” the industry, turn-by-turn GPS route management and dispatch control systems were de-skilling taxi drivers: instead of building up navigational knowledge, they increasingly rely on satnavs.
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it's 1am I ain't fact checking whatever gemini throws at me
anyway, while he was no mentally ill he had a very "intense" personality. this explains that he tried to create an inhumane work system? idk go check im a lazy ass secondary 4th yearer
reading about taylorism rn, frederick taylor DEFINITELY (no lol /lh) sounds like he had some kind of personality disorder.
Escuelas del Pensamiento Administrativo: Un Análisis Integral
Las escuelas del pensamiento administrativo son enfoques teóricos y prácticos que han evolucionado a lo largo del tiempo para mejorar la eficiencia y eficacia de las organizaciones. Estas escuelas no solo reflejan diferentes maneras de concebir la administración, sino que también han sido influenciadas por cambios sociales, económicos y tecnológicos. 1. Escuelas Clásicas Las escuelas clásicas…
Taylorism lives on in timesheets, billable hours and KPIs, in doctor pay-for-performance programmes and in warehouse staff whose every move is monitored by CCTV.
"Humankind: A Hopeful History" - Rutger Bregman
The Mental Revolution
Before Taylor’s principles could be implemented, he stated that first the attitudes of the workers and management needed to change. He defined his work as “a complete mental revolution on both the part of the workingman connected in any establishment and an equally complete mental revolution on the part of those on the management’s side”. Managers and workers needed to change their outlook on each other.
Therefore, they could turn their focus towards maximising profit. It would also create a more productive work environment and improve society as a whole. Taylor stated “Without this complete mental revolution on both sides, scientific management does not exist.” He found that for an organisation to operate to its maximum potential, the organisation and its employees needed to have a similar perspective and attitude towards the organisation.
He utilised this way of identifying scientific management as a way to demonstrate how it is a system rather than a solution. It is not an ‘efficiency device’ or a ‘motion study’, it was something completely new and unique.
It needed to be adapted by everyone, not just management or the workers.
The effects of Taylor's 'Mental Revolution' were later examined. One study carried out on the Link- Belt Company (an engineering company who were one of the first firms to adapt Taylor’s principles of management science), illustrated that scientific management had overall improved the efficiency of the firms, however, it did not necessarily promote unity between management and the workforce. Therefore in this particular example, his complete mental revolution was not accomplished.
~ David Kelly
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