AP PSYCHOLOGY

MOTIVATION EMOTION AND STRESS

MOTIVATIONAL THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Name a limitation of Taylor’s theory
A
Employees might not have wanted more than just a day’s work
B
Employees might have wanted more than just a day’s work
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The key disadvantages of Taylor’s theory are that this management system is a costly method and the control of employees may reduce their creativity and motivation towards work. Moreover, workers are alienated, Unemployment increases as workers can be easily replaced by new technologies and employees are deskilled.

Detailed explanation-2: -The main argument against Taylor is this reductionist approach to work dehumanizes the worker. The allocation of work “specifying not only what is to be done but how it is to done and the exact time allowed for doing it” [10] is seen as leaving no scope for the individual worker to excel or think.

Detailed explanation-3: -Taylor believed that all workers were motivated by money, so he promoted the idea of “a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work.” In other words, if a worker didn’t achieve enough in a day, he didn’t deserve to be paid as much as another worker who was highly productive.

Detailed explanation-4: -The introduce of Taylorism impact workers could be work in efficiency ways because the abort of poorly management labor control. Workers could be work in specific small and important task in the concept of specialization. The working style of workers would be become repeating, scripting and dispersion.

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