Lab+10


 * Lab 10**

 The Gilbreth system of motion analysis is a system that reduces motion and effort in order to increase efficiency. By applying the Gilbreth system of motion analysis to bricklaying, it significantly reduced motions per brick from 18 to 5, making the job less tiring. It also increased productivity, making it more effective.
 * What is the 'Gilbreth system of motion analysis' (1 paragraph) **

Frederick Taylor was an efficiency expert who studied how to increase the speed of car assembly workmen. Taylor reorganized workers to increase their efficiency. He divided the task into simple repetitive steps, where men could learn to do any job quickly, as there were no need for skilled workers. Henry Ford was influenced by Taylor because he adopted the concept of taylorism, that is dividing specific tasks, and created the assembly line in 1913. Instead of moving the men pass the car, he decided to move the cars pass the men.
 * Who was Henry Ford influenced by the efficiency expert, Frederick Taylor? (2 paragraphs) **

Assembly lines became key to the mass production. Conveyors were used to deliver parts to an exact point on the line. This allowed for the increase of minimum wages under Fordism because of the profits he was making. Ford was successful in learning and accomplishing efficiency in the production process from Taylor's work.

- Efficiency - Predictability - Calculability - Non human technology
 * What are the four basic principles of McDonaldization? (List of 4) **