Identity Concept in Classical Organizational Theory: A Systemic Conceptual Analysis of Frederick Taylor’s The Principle of Scientific Management
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This article aims to study Frederick Taylor’s The Principle of Scientific Management as a case study for Stuart Albert and David Whetten’s CED framework. The author used an interpretative method to analyze the work for identity traces in Taylor’s writing. According to this experiment, there are traces of humanism related to the identity concept in many parts of the work. This should imply the main criticism of later scholars on Taylor's insistent of the ‘one-best-way’ method in the cost of the human condition in the workplace that is somewhat incorrect. Therefore, we could read Taylor’s work as part of the socio-economic context and relate the work as one of the ways to elevate human living conditions during his era.
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