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"Mass production is the curse of management thinking and workers' lives"
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"Mass production is the curse of management thinking and workers' lives" Introduction: The aim of this report is to critically examine the factors that have lead to the belief that mass production has had an adverse effect both on workers and on management thinking. This objective will be attained through the use of insights from the perspectives of reputable management theorists such as Fayol, Maslow, McGregor and Barnard and from the point of view of the workers. However, before exploring these perspectives it is first necessary to define the key characteristics of mass production and its origins. Mass production is the name given to the method of producing goods in large quantities at low cost per unit. This system consists of three elements: accuracy, continuity and speed. These three elements can be realised by the use of: mechanisation and automation, division of labour, specialisation of labour, interchangeability of parts and assembly lines....
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