2-5 Scientific Management ● Defined by frederick Taylor,late1800’s. . The systematic study of the relationships between people and tasks to redesign the work for higher efficiency. Taylor sought to reduce the time a worker spent on each task by optimizing the way the task was done " win/MeGraw-HHill CThe McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc, 20002-5 Irwin/McGraw-Hill ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2000 Scientific Management ⚫Defined by Frederick Taylor, late 1800’s. ⚫The systematic study of the relationships between people and tasks to redesign the work for higher efficiency. ◼ Taylor sought to reduce the time a worker spent on each task by optimizing the way the task was done