Critically evaluate the role of 'Scientific Management' for organisations doing business in the 21st Century. Your answer should present the strengths and the weaknesses of this approach before reaching a well-reasoned conclusion.
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Diploma in Management. Module 1. Thinking Skills and General Management Essay 1. Critically evaluate the role of 'Scientific Management' for organisations doing business in the 21st Century. Your answer should present the strengths and the weaknesses of this approach before reaching a well-reasoned conclusion. Name: Jordan Searle. Address: The Granary, Abbey Mill Business Park, Eashing, Godalming, Surrey. GU7 2QW. UK E-mail: Jose@ecco.com It is not difficult to find examples of Scientific Management in the 21st Century; the car and computer manufacturing plants, the work environments we go to everyday, the hospitals we are treated in and even some of the restaurants we might eat in all function more efficiently due to the application of Scientific Management. In fact these methods of working seem so commonplace and so logical to a citizen of the modern World it is almost impossible to accept that they were revolutionary only 100 years ago. Although Scientific Management does play an important role...


