principle of Taylor's scientific management

Taylor stressed the following principle as the part of scientific management:

1.Science, not rule of thumb:
Management should not use the traditional method of management but should modify the traditional method into the scientific method.Taylor has stressed for research and studies for new and advance method of management.

2.Harmony, not discord:
harmony focuses on the unity of action while discord means differences in approach.In an organization, both owner and employees have thier own interest.Scientific management emphasis that there must be absolute harmony between management and workers to maintain unity in action. The feeling of differences must be avoided in work.There must be close relation between management and workers to achieve mutual objective.

3.Co-operation, not individualism:
This principle of management emphasis that the organizational objective must be above the individual's objective.An organization is establish to achieve it's objective.There must be co-operation among all the mechanisms of the organization to bring smoothness in organizational performance.The feeling of achievement of organizational goals must be develop among all the workers.The attainment of organizational objective ultimately fulfills the individuals objective.

4.Development of each person to his maximum efficiency and prosperity:
The workers should be and selected on the basis of organizational requirement.Management must endeavor to develop the worker's capability to the maximum prosperity.It is to be noted that the develop of workers leads to maximum production which ultimately ensures to achieve prosperity for both management and employees.Thus management has to take necessary steps in increasing the capability of workers.

5.optimum output in place of restricted output:
This principle is essential to both the workers and the organization.As the production is increase the organization will earn profit and as we have the piece rate system of wage payment, the more the workers will produce the more they will earn.