What contribution does Taylorism make to modern day organisations?

F W Taylor was born in 1856 and died in 1917 at the age of sixty one. Taylor was a key writer of the classical school of management structure and was an engineer at a steele works company believing in improving structure to improve efficiency. The purpose of this was to bring about maximum prosperity for the employer and the employee. Taylor believed that knowing objectives allows responsibilities to be allocated within the company creating the most effective structure. He also believed in specialisation, where work is divided between workers to be an important aspect of management structure.

Taylor had four underlying principles:-

1)Science of work
2)Scientific selection and progressive development of the worker.
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