Rochester Creative Research Group

neo-Taylorism, machine

"History may well judge that Taylor came before his time. His principles of scientific management make superb sense for organizing production when robots rather than human beings are the main productive force, when organizations can truly become machines." (p. 33)

see also: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

bureaucracy, psychic prison

As we examine the bureaucratic form of organization, therefore, we should be alert to the hidden meaning of close regulation and supervision of human activity, the relentless planning and scheduling of work, and the emphasis on productivity, rule following, discipline, duty, and obedience. The bureaucracy is a mechanistic form of organization, but an anal one too. And not surprisingly, we find that some people are able to work in this kind of organization more effectively than others. If bureaucracies are anal phenomena encouraging an anal style of life, then such organizations will probably operate most smoothly when employees fit the anal character type and can derive various hidden satisfactions from working in this context." (p. 209)

see also: [10] [11] [1] [12] [13] [14] [14] [15] [16] [17] [6] [18] [19] [20] [20] [21] [22] [23]

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