Taylorism and the structural organization of Toyota

Type :

Presentation

Pages :

11 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

01/20/2009

Category :

Business & market

Sub category :

Management

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Summary :

Taylorism.
1. The principles of Taylorism.
2. 'Toyotism' as a form of post-taylorism.
Toyota Motor Corporation.
1. The product.
2. The customers.
3. Toyota's performance compared with the competition.
4. Operation: The Toyota production system.
5. The structure of the company.
6. Flow chart.
7. The values of the company.
8. Positive points and problems with the structure.
9. Future of the structure.
Bibliography.

Abstract

Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856 - 1915) was an American engineer who used the scientific organization of work (OST), which is the basis of the industrial revolution of the 20th century. The principal idea is to break up the tasks, to time the movements of the workmen to improve quality, to reduce the costs and the delays. It is the beginning of assembly line work and mass production. According to its detractors, he introduced into the world of work a radical separation between those which design and those which produce. For Taylor, the workman is not there to think, but to carry out movements learnedly calculated for him. He is encouraged to be productive by a system of premiums. Any professional work must be eliminated from the workshop and be concentrated in the planning and organization offices of the company. He died in 1915, before seeing the triumph of his methods, because of the United States' entry in the war in 1917 and thus the need for doing everything to quickly increase the production and the productivity of American industry. taylorism makes it possible to increase productivity and favors less-qualified employment, however, it appears quickly that increase in production can be obtained only by overwork.