Fostering Efficiency
Fostering efficiency was based around the idea of making society and the workplace more efficient. According to the Brandeis brief, long work hours was costing both individuals and society. With this idea Frederick Winslow Taylor introduced the idea of “Taylorism”. Taylorism is a type of scientific management where efficiency is improved by breaking down tasks into simpler parts. Taylorism increased the rate of production greatly. Also workers were interchangeable. Skilled workers were no longer relied on because any unskilled worker could complete the simple task at hand. Many industries started using Taylorism. Though this system sped up production it also required people to work extremely fast. Workers were exhausted quickly. Henry Ford kept his workers happy by making the work day only eight hours and paid five dollars a day. Workers flocked to these changes, but worked hard for them.
Fostering efficiency brought many changes in the progressive era. The workplace before these changes was long hours, with complicated task only skilled workers could complete. After Taylorism was introduced production sped up, the work day was shorter, and unskilled workers completed simple tasks.
Fostering efficiency brought many changes in the progressive era. The workplace before these changes was long hours, with complicated task only skilled workers could complete. After Taylorism was introduced production sped up, the work day was shorter, and unskilled workers completed simple tasks.