... There are inseparable linkages between Fordism and scientific management, or so-called Taylorism. Fordism is considered as an extension of Frederick Taylor's scientific management. In 18th century, Adam Smith, one of the founders of modern economics, identified advantages of division of labour in term of increasing productivity. More than a century later, Frederick Taylor, an American management consultant, further developed on this idea and applied it to management sciences. "Taylor's approach to what he called scientific management involved the detailed study of industrial processes in order to break them down into simple operations that could be precisely timed and organized." (Giddens, 2001, p383) Taylorism had a widespread impact on the organization of industrial production and technology. Taylor focused on improving industrial efficiency, but not emphasizing enough on the results came out of it. Mass production needs mass market, and Henry Ford was the first to see this linkage and apply into ...

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