Unnatural Selection

Richard Donkin

Chapter Chapter 13 in The History of Work, 2010, pp 177-188 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Frederick Taylor’s work-study at Bethlehem Steel had demonstrated the value of careful selection in the recruitment of workers. One of the fundamental responsibilities of scientific management, he said, was to find the speediest and most competent workers fitted for the job. Selection of the fittest was doing a kindness to the others, he thought, since they would be miserable in a job they could not do so well. That they would have been even more miserable without work was hardly an issue for Taylor’s industrial Darwinism. Before Taylor, job selection was arbitrary and crude. After Taylor it began to develop disciplines.

Keywords: Intelligence Quotient; Beta Test; Western Electric; Competent Worker; Mental Depression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230282179_13

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