Workers who carried out their tasks more slowly than the prescribed time were paid at a lower rate per unit of output; those who met the expectation were rewarded at a higher rate. Taylor also advocated an elaborate system for monitoring and controlling the workplace.10 His goal was to increase efficiency by standardizing and speeding up work on the factory floor to create mass production. Specialization and standardization of tasks, recording and reporting of all activity, pecuniary carrots and sticks—these were the legacy of Taylor and his disciples to subsequent generations. Taylorism was
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