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单词 Taylorism
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Definition of Taylorism in English:

Taylorism

noun ˈtəɪlərɪz(ə)mˈteɪləˌrɪzəm
mass noun
  • The principles or practice of scientific management and work efficiency as practised in a system known as the Taylor System.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Although scientific management, as conceived by Taylor, and automation were thus two quite different concepts, Taylorism provided ideological justification for subsequent automation in industry.
    • Craven, though not Schapiro, fingers the ideology and restrictive practices of Taylorism by name.
    • As was also noted in the last chapter, the tendency to import and apply scientific management in the form of Taylorism, involving direct supervision of unskilled labour, was limited.
    • A rather similar story could be told about the ‘scientific’ ideology launched by Fordism and Taylorism at the beginning of the 20th century with extraordinary success among the factory owners in Western World.
    • Many accounting historians have advanced the argument that Taylorism and scientific management were not merely theoretical successes at the turn of the 20th century, but practical successes as well.

Derivatives

  • Taylorist

  • adjective & noun
    • The conclusion reached is that Taylorist precepts were significantly modified to meet the particular control requirements and the environmental factors faced by Australian governments.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The Taylorist quantification of time in the service of mass production was countered by organic modes of manufacture, exemplified by the proliferation of arts and crafts movements throughout Europe and America.
      • Reference to labor standards does not imply the full panoply of labor standard costs and variance analysis that developed as part of the Taylorist efficiency movement of the late l9th/early 20th century.
      • When I read Production, I expected stories of mopped brows and elbow grease, Paul Willis's ‘lads,’ and robotic Taylorist workers.
      • By this they mean that they are the very opposite of Skinnerians and Taylorists.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from the name of Frederick W. Taylor (1856–1915), the American engineer who expounded the system, + -ism.

 
 

Definition of Taylorism in US English:

Taylorism

nounˈtāləˌrizəmˈteɪləˌrɪzəm
  • The principles or practice of scientific management.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Many accounting historians have advanced the argument that Taylorism and scientific management were not merely theoretical successes at the turn of the 20th century, but practical successes as well.
    • Although scientific management, as conceived by Taylor, and automation were thus two quite different concepts, Taylorism provided ideological justification for subsequent automation in industry.
    • A rather similar story could be told about the ‘scientific’ ideology launched by Fordism and Taylorism at the beginning of the 20th century with extraordinary success among the factory owners in Western World.
    • Craven, though not Schapiro, fingers the ideology and restrictive practices of Taylorism by name.
    • As was also noted in the last chapter, the tendency to import and apply scientific management in the form of Taylorism, involving direct supervision of unskilled labour, was limited.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from the name of Frederick W. Taylor (1856–1915), the American engineer who expounded the system, + -ism.

 
 
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