AP52 - Taylorism: The Principles of Scientific Management

This episode of the Agile Podcast is all about Frederick Winslow Taylor and his invention: Scientific Management. The father of Management Consulting, Taylor wrote a book called the Principles of Scientific Management which became (in our opinion) the cornerstone of management theory for the majority of the post-Industrial era into the current day.

Join Brian Orlando and Om Patel, with special guest  Alfonso Guerra, as we delve into the world of Taylorism!

0:00 Intro & Taylor's History
4:32 First, Some Context
7:16 Opening Thesis
10:00 Scientific Management, Process Overview
11:22 Taylor's Biggest Problem: Soldiering
17:27 Management in Scientific Management
20:03 Relevance to Software Development
23:26 Back to the Point
28:19 Midvale Steel and Background Affinity
33:29 Three Years Later... (Parallels in Change Management)
35:51 Jumping Ahead (Future Podcasts)
38:02 Results of Three Years of Experiments
41:38 Who Plans the Work
44:59 Collaboration is an Assumed Proficiency
51:25 Poaching Workers
54:01 The Price of Waste
57:06 Finding New Methods of Working
1:03:50 Skipping the Ball Bearing Example
1:05:16 Problems with Profit Sharing
1:08:26 Assumptions on Human Nature
1:12:40 Supporting Silos
1:17:53 Learning New Skills (Side-Track)
1:23:23 Management Roles in Scientific Management
1:25:44 Modern HR
1:29:49 The Villain, Henry Gantt
1:34:03 Jumping Ahead in Podcasts
1:35:12 The Disciplinarian, HR and Finance
1:40:01 The Need for the Disciplinarian
1:43:19 Not-Agile Transformation
1:46:45 Taylor's Warnings on Misapplications
1:49:23 Good and Bad Workplaces
1:51:08 The Taylor Manifesto
1:54:03 Quality, Effectiveness, and Taylorism
1:55:55 Scientific Management and Knowledge Work
1:59:04 Looking at Taylorism with a Modern Lens
2:03:24 Brian's Thoughts...
2:05:02 Om's Thoughts...
2:07:32 Alfonso's Thoughts...
2:10:42 Overall Summary
2:15:01 Bad Education, Bad Management, and Bad Metrics
2:19:53 Wrap-Up
2:22:00 Thanks for Listening!

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AP52 - Taylorism: The Principles of Scientific Management