Re: Taylor's world-view

[John Dowd <jsdwd@comcast.net>]

Hello:

I agree with much of what you say.  While it is sometimes popular to scorn
Taylor's work, such treatment ignores the context in which he worked.  A
huge change was underway in the work force.  This force was changing from
rural agrarian type work where wide diversity of individual practice was the
norm to factory work where a certain degree of uniformity was desired.

It was Taylor's desire to reduce variation in practice and to do so in a
largely illiterate, rather unsophisticated work force.

John Dowd
jsdwd@comcast.net