ection of the workers. From his study at the Bethlehem Steel factory he decided certain workers would be the best at a particular job more suited to them and his work with Schmidt appeared to prove his theory correct. Schmidt's workload increased dramatically with the assistance of Taylor.
However, As Mayo demonstrates with his Hawthorne experiments, people need social interaction with others, merely carrying out the same act, with no social interaction, is not healthy. The worker cannot possibly grow more happy and prosperous as Taylor stated. The workers have nothing to think about, no decisions to make, they are given no room to excel, and it is argued this sort of work dehumanizes the worker.
The consequences of destroying these social functions are divorce, crime, irregular living, resentment and paranoia. Consequently, individuals become maladjusted. At work problems of industrial control arise because the management curb craftsmen's initiative and devalues their intelligence and skill, creating monotonous tasks. As compensation they offer only money and leisure time. Workers therefore focus on undermining management by restricting their output. An act that Taylor named "soldiering".
Taylor believed the most important factor to the workers were the wages they earned. In fact his only motivating factor to the workers was money which is why he introduced a scheme so the harder workers received higher wages. Taylor introduced this as a way to stop workers "soldiering".
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