Friday, January 21, 2011

Twitter Book Club: Raymond E. Callahan (1962) Education and the Cult of Efficiency - Ch 2

Reform-Conscious America Discovers The Efficiency Expert

"[In the 1910s] In the flood of enthusiasm, an attempt was made to apply the principles of scientific management to... http://tl.gd/84mhqlless than a minute ago via Twittelator



"According to Taylor, there was always one best method for doing any particular job and this best method could be d... http://tl.gd/84mo95less than a minute ago via Twittelator



"The worker's equal division of work was to do what he was told to do by management and his share of the responsibi... http://tl.gd/84mu6hless than a minute ago via Twittelator



"The first element in the mechanism of scientific management listed by Taylor was time and motion study and the dev... http://tl.gd/84n37dless than a minute ago via Twittelator



"[Standardization was] the second element in the mechanism of scientific management" Raymond E. Callahanless than a minute ago via Twittelator



"The third element in the mechanism of scientific management, and one that Taylor described as 'perhaps the most pr... http://tl.gd/84n81vless than a minute ago via Twittelator



"No school teacher would think of telling children in a general way to study a certain book or subject...the best p... http://tl.gd/84nb6lless than a minute ago via Twittelator



"The fourth element was what Taylor called functional foremanship." Raymond E. Callahanless than a minute ago via Twittelator



"Under [Taylor's] system, this single military-type foreman would be replaced by 'eight different bosses'" Raymond E. Callahanless than a minute ago via Twittelator



"When educational administrators attempted to bring [Taylor's] system into the schools, they showed no real interes... http://tl.gd/84ntvbless than a minute ago via Twittelator

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