Organized_labor_reactions Scientific_management

the watertown arsenal in massachusetts provides example of application , repeal of taylor system in workplace, due worker opposition. in 1900s, neglect in watertown shops included overcrowding, dim-lighting, lack of tools , equipment, , questionable management strategies in eyes of workers. frederick w. taylor , carl g. barth visited watertown in april 1909 , reported on observations @ shops. conclusion apply taylor system of management shops produce better results. efforts install taylor system began in june 1909. on years of time study , trying improve efficiency of workers, criticisms began evolve. workers complained of having compete 1 another, feeling strained , resentful, , feeling excessively tired after work. there is, however, no evidence times enforced unreasonable. in june 1913, employees of watertown arsenal petitioned abolish practice of scientific management there. number of magazine writers inquiring effects of scientific management found conditions in shops investigated contrasted favorably in other plants .