An Analysis of Frederick Taylor's Management Theory at Amazon

This report examines Frederick Winslow Taylor's scientific management theory and its application in a real-world organization, Amazon. It begins by identifying Taylor as a key management thinker and provides background on his life and career, highlighting his contributions to the field, including the development of the stopwatch time study and the principles of scientific management. The report details Taylor's theory, emphasizing its focus on efficiency, standardization, and the division of labor between management and workers. It then relates this theory to Amazon, illustrating how the company uses time and motion studies, performance monitoring, and worker motivation strategies aligned with Taylor's principles to enhance productivity and maintain a competitive advantage. The study concludes that Taylor's concepts are still relevant and effective in modern organizations like Amazon, improving employee engagement and organizational performance. The full report and other resources are available on Desklib for students.

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MANAGEMENT THINKER

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Identifying ONE key management thinker..................................................................................3
Provide brief information about the life and career of chosen management thinker...................3
Explore the important work done by chosen management thinker, including theories
presented......................................................................................................................................4
Relating the theory of chosen management thinker with a real world organization...................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Management thinker refers to the one who provides the concepts and theories about the
management and leadership which helps in the planning, organizing as well as staffing. The
organization which is mention in this report is Amazon, the report is based on the Management
thinker who plays a key role in staffing and organizing. The current study will include one
management thinker who provided the fundamental theories as well as concepts. Further, the
study will include the proper concept which relates with the management thinker in the real
world.
MAIN BODY
Identifying ONE key management thinker
The key management thinker which is identified is Frederick Winslow Taylor, who was
the first man in the history who provided the better observation on the systematic way of using
the theories and concepts which are presented towards the management and leadership. He was
known as the greatest mechanical engineer in the British America. Taylor was the one who
avoided attending his studies and became a better pattern-maker as well the machinist, who
gained the experiences about the hydraulic works in the pump manufacture company where the
proprietors are known as the friends of the Taylor's family.
Provide brief information about the life and career of chosen management thinker.
Frederick Winslow Taylor has passed his entrance exam which are conducted in the
Harvard college, but he failed in the test where he wanted to take a proper guidance and training
about the management. Although, He left his internship of six months to represents its group to
the England machine equipments which are manufactured at the Philadelphia (Jackson and
Sambo, 2020). Whereas, Taylor has finished its machinists for four years and became a labourer
at the machine shop which is known as the Steel works. After a several jobs and his master’s
degree Taylor become a chief engineer at the mechanical engineering company. In the 1890,
Taylor has become a general manager at the manufacturing investment company which helps
him to grow very fast in the current changing era. He became an independent consulting engineer
at the management in 1893 where he shows up his skills which are eventually management
related and creating a huge impact on the Taylor's career as well. In the 1898 Taylor has joined
steel company where it solves the expensive machine capacity problems. After discording from

the other managers Taylor is forced to leave the Bethlehem Steel in 1901, but he chooses as the
well-known creator for creating a management methods .
Explore the important work done by chosen management thinker, including theories presented.
The important work which is done by the Fredrick Winslow Taylor was “Developed the
stopwatch in a time study”. It is known as the combination of motion study methods which used
as the measurement of the time and parts of its components for having monitored every part for
the hundredth of minute (Kruglanski and et.al., 2022). He also known as discovering the well-
known and famous study about the shovels. As he always noticed his workers with having a use
of the same shovels in their all materials. After watching his workers he determined the load of
the shovel is about the 21 pounds with the use of same designed materials. But he was fired
from the Bethlehem company because using he was unsuccessful for using these methods which
made him a failure one time. But after fired from the job Taylor convinced his workers who use
the shovels and knows about the optimum of use of the shovels as he determined the elements
which needed to be use in the shovels and helps to implemented his ideas.
The theory which is presented by the Frederick Winslow Taylor is Scientific management
theory:
His theory was published in 1911, where his ideas uses for the accumulation for his all
life's work and including the various examples from his places where he was employed. The
principles of scientific management includes various methods which are given by the Taylor. It
helps individual to analyse their work scientifically which are most effective methods for
undertaking the jobs, it is also known as the best way of working in the management (Micheli
and et.al., 2019). As his main purpose of developing the scientific management theory is, he
wished to put away the laziness from the employee as he believed that his workers need to
focussed on the work with giving the full efforts towards the task. It is having a proper
consistency with the process examining such implementations which are most probably needed
with the carrying out the daily work. It helps to know about the measurement of the well
standard workers which are suitable for the particular job and having an exact way of completing
the work on the daily basis.
It also refers with the most suitable person who are ready to undertake the job will gain a
productive advantage with the scientifically methods. According to Taylor everyone will have an
ability to perform well into the suitable jobs which are here for helping with the growth

development process. It helps to find out the suitable job for the better management level and
having assurance for training the employee in the right way which will help to gain a
productivity as well. It allows managers to cooperate with their employees and completing their
job in the scientific way as well (Mintrop and Zumpe, 2019). Taylor wants to spread out the clear
divisions for the responsibility of work between the management and the workers. Managers
always find themselves with having a proper planning as well better supervision at the workplace
which the workers need to carry it out perfectly.
Relating the theory of chosen management thinker with a real world organization
Frederick Winslow Taylor's Scientific management theory is using by the one of the
well-known organization which is Amazon. This theory is implementing in the organization
where it helps to build up the productivity of the employees. In the context of Amazon, Taylor
has generalized with the rule of thumb and helps them to transform it into the time and motion
study (Podsakoff and Podsakoff, 2019). It basically helps with the splitting up with the tasks into
many parts and different steps which will help scientifically to observing the proper behaviour of
workers and the time they are taking to complete that tasks which is exceeding or precisely
completing.
It also helps with the viewing the performance of human labour which it is comparing
with the machines for working more productive. It is appeared in the context of existence of
Taylor in the Amazon warehouses and such as with the employees which is simply monitored by
the better electronic for controlling and managing the target boxes which are clearly dependable
on such management targets which are wisely performing in the context of proper management
skill. In the office the management is using the severe set of the management which will help to
arrange the psychological equipments as well as to help out with the targets where the jobs are
performing by the workers in the target basis.
In the similar term Amazon is using the Taylor scientific management concept which
help to know about the practices which are having with the proper role of management. It helps
to identify the motion control for the workers for having a proper time for preventing such issues
(Reynolds and McKimm, 2021). Based on the study of motion it helps to having a measurement
about the performance of the employees which is continuously monitoring by the better tools
which help to know about the running tools which are measuring with the performance criteria
basis. Taylor appears the principles to having a proper controlling feature in the shop floor

practices in the Amazon where it shows up the evidence of the labour division which are
continuously changing with the performance evaluation system. It helps to increase the
Amazon's worker's motivation which are creating a productivity with the Amazon as well. There
are numerous ways which is used to controlling the business operations which consisting with
the principles of scientific management as they use it for rewarding the employees. It helps to
enforce many employees to having a proper discipline controlling between them.
CONCLUSION
From the above study, it has been concluded that identified management thinker has been
provided the theory and concept which organizations to build up the employee's engagement
towards the work as well helped to make their work more effective. Further, it has been
concluded the important work which is done by the Frederick Winslow Taylor to measure and
monitored the worker's performances and ensure about their proper contribution towards the
work. Moreover, Amazon used this scientific management which helped them to increases their
staffs working capabilities as well as help to gain the competitive advantage and motivated
employees towards their effective work performance.

REFERENCES
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Mintrop, R. and Zumpe, E., 2019. Solving real-life problems of practice and education leaders’
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Podsakoff, P.M. and Podsakoff, N.P., 2019. Experimental designs in management and leadership
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