Which one of the following is the goal of Scientific Management?

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Answer 1

Scientific management is a management theory that examines and combines workflows.

Key Points

Louis Brandeis popularized the term scientific management.
Taylorism is the name given to scientific management after the name of Frederick Winslow Taylor.
It was one of the first attempts to use science in process engineering and management.
Its major goal is to increase economic efficiency, particularly worker productivity.
Taylor coined the terms "shop management" and "process management" to describe his method.

Thus, Higher industrial efficiency is the goal of Scientific Management.

Additional Information

Frederick Winslow Taylor is the father of scientific management.
Work of F. W. Taylor: A Piece-rate System (1895), Shop management (1903), On the Art of Cutting Metals (1906), The Principles of Scientific Management (1911) and Concrete costs (1912).