A Comparison between Taylorisim & Fordism and their Contributions to Modern HR
A
Comparison between Taylorisim & Fordism and their Contributions to Modern
HR
Taylorisim
The
American mechanical engineer cum economist who was admired as the “father of
scientific management” Frederick
W. Taylor (1856 - 1915) made a revolution in management styles against
the previous administrative & Bureaucratic systems focused on labor
productivity. Main characteristics of Taylorisim are,
1) Focus on standard work methods &Standardization
2) Systematic approach and focused skill &training approach
3) Measurable works& Strictly set targets
3) Measurable works& Strictly set targets
4) Economical concept which hunt and eliminate wastes
Though some HR schools and socialists’ criticized this
concept as inhuman, it had vastly contributed to the manufacturing world in
order to lower the cost and expand them in to mass productions. As per Kanawaty(1992),
there should be a clear motive for people to work especially with Taylor’s kind
of focused &standard working environments with strict targets. Without real
motivation or reason, even with lot of management guidance and plans, workers
will end up with halfhearted efforts or sloppy workmanship. So the real need of
motivation comes blended with a task oriented target driven culture.
Henry Ford (1863-1947) the American industrialist and
business icon was vastly recognized for his assemble line concept in the motor industry.
He was admired as the “father of mass manufacturing” and was highly appreciated
till the Japanese Lean manufacturing concepts faded its glory.The term Fordism
was made prominent by Gramsci(1934).
Fordism
Henry Ford (1863-1947) the American industrialist and
business icon was vastly recognized for his assemble line concept in the motor industry.
He was admired as the “father of mass manufacturing” and was highly appreciated
till the Japanese Lean manufacturing concepts faded its glory.The term Fordism
was made prominent by Gramsci(1934).
Main characteristics of
Fordism are,
1. Detailed Division of labor& Specialized machines
2. Less pride in work or simplified tasks demanding less skill.
3. Mass production with heavy inventories
4. Measured,
standardize work with set targets
Contributions to Human
Resources
Both Taylorisim and Fordism were treated
human as robots that focused more tasks than human relations, but the
contribution on some HR elements such as productivity is immense and must be
appreciated as they laid the groundwork for modern HRM.Taylor himself was
writing ‘close, intimate, personal
cooperation between the management and the men is of the essence of modern
scientific or task management’ Taylor (1911: 4). As per acrecent.com (2019)
below are the most demanding HR functions in manufacturing industries,
i.
Talent Acquisition/Recruitment.
ii.
Compensation Management. .
iii.
Benefits Administration.
v.
Performance Appraisal and Management.
vi.
Employee and Labor Relations.
vii.
Compliance Management.
Conclusion
Imagine a world which has not gone
through Taylorisim or Fordism where the scientific approach totally missed in
industries, Probably the world would have being much more poor. Demand for modern
human resource management came with the challenges of the industrial world faced
with mass production. Even the Japanese Lean principles, believed to be more
informal and people based also rose from the cradle of industrial engineering.
References:
Kanawaty, G. (1992) Introduction to
Work Study. 4th revised edition: ILO, Geneva. Page25 Human factor in
the application of Work study.
Gramsci, A.(1934) Essay “Americanism
and Fordism” in Prison Notes: Turin publisher Einaudi.
Taylor, F.(1911) The Principles of
Scientific Management: New Yoke, Harper & Brothers.
Acrecent Financial Corporation (2019) 7 Human Resources
functions that produce results: Labor- intensive manufacturing needs an HR-
intensive approach [on line]
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Anon., n.d.Biography.Com.(2019)[Online]
Available at: https://www.biography.com/business-figure/henry-ford
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Anon., n.d.History-biography.
(2019)[Online]
Available at: https://history-biography.com/frederick-winslow-taylor/
Accessed 20th October 2019
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