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.
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