... part of the classical school of management theory, he was concerned with the detail of organisational functions and how they can be managed to benefit the whole company. Taylor based his studies on the Midvale Steel Company located in Philadelphia, USA. During this time there was a shortage of skilled workers in America and in order to meet demand, productivity needed to expand by increasing the efficiency of workers who were available. In order to achieve this Taylor developed a number of principles which collectively became known as Taylorism and were based on the idea that there was 'one best way' to do each job. Taylor analysed each job conducted within the organisation, identified the components which made up the job and designed the quickest and best way to do each component. He believed that a group of people each trained in a specific task, similar to the modern ...

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