#Taylorism, or #ScientificManagement, comes from the work of #Progressive-era efficiency-expert #FrederickTaylor, born #ThisDayInHistory in 1856. His work caused new heights in #AlienatedLabour. Here is a #JobAction joke on it by #UtahPhillips that I love:
https://zurl.co/vEM1K

“The key, [Taylor] would discover, was to take knowledge away from the workers and install it in a separate class of people.”

https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/knowledge-workers

#Work #Capitalism #FrederickTaylor

Knowledge workers

In 1898, Frederick Taylor was hired as a consultant by the Bethlehem Iron Company with the stated mission of improving the efficiency of the workers. It was there that Taylorism morphed from the wh...

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From a #SystemsThinking perspective, I am delayed in adding #FrederickTaylor & #ScientificManagement to my list of people against whom I hold deep, unyielding grudges which cross the space-time continuum.

The others are #Cyril and #Athanasius.

Call them #QuantumGrudges.

https://www.superversive.co/essays/history-of-the-org-chart

The Complex Adaptive Systemic Org Chart — Superversive

The most underestimated aspect of business and workforce transformation: the org chart. Per TheOrgChart : The history of the organization chart is interesting as it gives us insight on its original purpose and challenges us to think differently about how we visualize and manage the workforce for

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Die neue Sprachnachricht von @humannagafi an mich geht weiter zum Thema #NewWork und #Arbeit:

Mit #MiltonFriedman, #KarlMarx, #AdamSmith, #Aristoteles, #Augustinus, #MartinLuther, #FrederickTaylor und Andreas Reckwitz versucht er Arbeit zu verstehen (ein wenig #Zizek ist auch dabei).

https://critical-infinity.de/2022/05/22/re-frithjof-bergmanns-ideologiekritik-arbeit-religion-singularitaet/#start-infinity

Re: Frithjof Bergmanns Ideologiekritik: Arbeit, Religion & Singularität

Human Nagafi Beim Begriff Arbeit gehen Human unzählige Stränge durch den Kopf. Warum ist die Art wie wir heute arbeiten so normal für uns? Ist die Arbeitsteilung gut oder schlecht? Wie wird überhaupt ein Bleistift produziert? Was hat das alles mit Adam aus der Bibel zu tun? Und warum sieht

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