Clockwork
Description
One hundred years ago American management faced many of the problems it confronts today - poor productivity, rapid technological change, and heightened competition. This program shows how mechanical engineer Frederick Taylor attempted to meet these challenges through "scientific management," an early 20th-century program aimed at organizing and making ruthlessly efficient all aspects of industrial production. The film includes original footage which Taylor and his peers shot for the pioneering time-motion studies that paved the way for automated assembly lines.
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25 min
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Date of Publication
[2012], c1982
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