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In Defense of Taylorism

Agile Uprising Podcast

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The History of Scientific Management

Agilist typically reject the idea of scientific management wholesale on its face. But there are some historical echoes to the idea of initiative and incentive that maybe we have, um, taken too far to the extreme, Chris says. The principal object of management should be to secure the maximum prosperity for the employer coupled with themaximum prosperity for each employee, he adds.

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