Flashcards: Technicians in Modern Organizations — 20 cards

Technician — role?

Apply scientific principles to complex organizations.

Artisanal production — control?

Worker owns and controls design and means.

Industrial production — control?

Control shifts to capitalists and managers.

Scientific-technical revolution — effect?

Science becomes a direct productive force.

Taylorism — principle?

Optimize tasks, link pay to performance.

Fayolism — principle?

Hierarchical control and unity of command.

Fordism — innovation?

Mass production with standardized parts.

Human Relations critique — focus?

Organizational alienation and worker satisfaction.

Technocrats — definition?

Politicians legitimizing power via scientific knowledge.

Technician mentality — characteristic?

Focus on scientific rationality, often secretive.

Science in organizations — role?

Guides work organization and technological development.

Putting-out system — control?

Worker owns machinery, work done at home.

Taylorist-Fayolist principles — basis?

Scientific management and structured hierarchy.

Lean production — key idea?

Eliminate waste, continuous improvement.

Fordism — mass production?

Integrated, standardized, large-volume manufacturing.

Global Value Chains — concept?

Distributed production across multiple countries.

Technicians — employment trend?

Increasing in complex, large organizations.

Organizational alienation — cause?

Conflict between scientific goals and organizational control.

Technocrats — political role?

Use scientific knowledge to justify authority.

Technician training — requirement?

Formal scientific education and multidisciplinary knowledge.