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If it has, how has it? If it hasn't, how much is it left?
Fordism thus remains. It remains in worker surveillance, to guard against morality and time theft. It remains in the increased bureaucratization of the global economy, as multi-million dollar conglomerates dominate the world. It remains in the modern emphasis on productivity, rather than training in franchises. It also remains in the developing world, where the poor with little hope of mobility, labor for the rich. And it remains at companies that invest little in worker training like Wal-Mart.
If it is a combination of both? (Recommend to choose this)
Fordism has given the world many benefits -- affordable goods, particularly technological goods that would be prohibitively expensive without mass production. However, companies such as Google that strive to maximize efficiency, create a corporate culture and climate that permeates every facet of employee's lives, yet still makes an investment in employee training, ultimately emerge as the more ethically upstanding, humane model of business for the future. Ironically, it is Google that most closely resembles the Fordian model of a 'total corporate environment' that pervades every facet of its employee's behavior, from the way they eat, conduct their social life, and exercise, but it does so in a way that improves, rather than contributes to...
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Taylorism' / 'Scientific management.' Introduction to the Evolvement of Management Theory during the 19th and 20th Century With the coming of the Industrial age at the turn of the Century, and a new era, came the need for more efficient management techniques. Several Classical Theories evolved during the early years of this discipline. Fordism arose from a synthesis of the other earlier theories. Fayolism philosophy included close communication between bosses and workers.
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