Re:Management theory is becoming a compendium of dead ideas
by pjc50 on Saturday December 17, 2016 @02:58PM
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The fundamental idea of Taylorism isn't bad, it's just hugely overapplied and oversimplified. Using pure Taylorism in the 21st century is like using pure Freudianism. There have been plenty of more recent innovations. We could at least start with W Edwards Deming.
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Re:Management theory is becoming a compendium of dead ideas
by pekk on Saturday December 17, 2016 @03:09PM
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A difference is that Freud didn't put any particular stock in the scientific method. He said that his theories were proven by his "cures" (many of which have turned out to be bogus).