[HN Gopher] Work Force: Frederick W. Taylor offers some producti...
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       Work Force: Frederick W. Taylor offers some productivity hacks
       (1911)
        
       Author : drdee
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2021-03-29 22:15 UTC (45 minutes ago)
        
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       | igorkraw wrote:
       | I _had hoped_ that this would go more into the failures of
       | taylorism but from quickly skimming through, it didn 't seemt to
       | be. I recommend people read at least some of the many critiques,
       | starting with the ones linked in the Wikipedia page
       | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_management#Critic...
        
       | groby_b wrote:
       | It is almost as if "maximum prosperity" and "maximum efficiency"
       | aren't universally relevant to everybody.
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       | It becomes especially irrelevant if the benefits accrue unevenly,
       | but even if people are well-incentivized, there are often other
       | goals that are more important. E.g "My family" is a popular
       | answer for many people. "Ethics" comes to mind, too.
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       | If we cannot see the world if not through a lens of efficiency,
       | we'll fail to understand it.
        
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