Scientific ManagementIntroduction: This article examines the ways in which the ideas of Fordism and Taylorism contributed to the success of the U.S. auto industry. The automotive industry has changed fundamental ideas about the production process and probably more expressively about how humans work together to create value. In my essay we will take a look at Frederick Taylor's scientific management principles and his contribution to manufacturing and the influence he had. We will use Ford as an organization since Fordism is closely linked to Taylorism and has been greatly influenced by it. The U.S. auto industry emerged in the late 19th century as a craft manufacturing system with a workforce that included skilled workers with knowledge of mechanical design and the materials they worked with. After World War I, Henry Ford invented the system of mass production (now known as Fordism). In his system, the product, the production process, and the tasks performed by each particular worker were standardized. At the same time, Taylor devised scientific management that divided tasks that required planning and control from standardized repetitive production tasks that required less labor. qualifications. The mass production method inspired by Ford and Taylor led to the success of American automotive companies. About Taylor and Scientific Management The most important change came through the work of Fredrick Winslow Taylor and his scientific management system theory. Not that Taylor was unique or entirely new; only the study of time and motion could be placed in that category. The trend was already moving towards systematic management such as formal management methods or by cost... middle of paper... and Fordism which led to increased productivity and decreased skilled workers between the years 1919 and 1929 Both Taylorism and Fordism help capitalists gain control over the worker and increase production. Taylorism and Fordism lead to the rise of capitalism and the growth of industrial unionism. Ford used Taylor's scientific management principles and invented mass production and the assembly line. This has brought great benefits to the automotive industry. The effects of Taylorism and Fordism on the industrial workplace were strong, and between 1919 and 1929, industrial output in the United States doubled while the number of workers decreased. There has been an increase in unskilled labor as skills have been removed and put into machines. This leads to the discouragement of workers' ability to bargain based on workplace control.