AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Frederick Taylor came up with his theory while working in a factory. He assumed workers were motivated to work more effectively when paid higher wages. They don’t naturally enjoy work. And for this reason, you need close supervision and control to make sure they work the way you want them to.

Detailed explanation-2: -Taylor’s theory of motivation is also known as the money as a motivator theory. It argues that money is the main force that motivates employees to work at a company. According to Taylor, there is only one right way to do each job-that is to motivate employees with coercion (threat of firing) or money.

Detailed explanation-3: -Taylor’s philosophy focused on the belief that making people work as hard as they could was not as efficient as optimizing the way the work was done. In 1909, Taylor published “The Principles of Scientific Management .” [1] In this, he proposed that by optimizing and simplifying jobs, productivity would increase.

Detailed explanation-4: -The two competing factors, higher wages and lower labor costs, are not incompatible, Taylor argued. The key is getting workers to work more efficiently, that is, to complete their assigned tasks correctly, consistently – the same each time – and in the least amount of time.

Detailed explanation-5: -Taylor’s approach has close links with the concept of an autocratic management style (managers take all the decisions and simply give orders to those below them) and Macgregor’s Theory X approach to workers (workers are viewed as lazy and wish to avoid responsibility).