The word of the day is Taylorism:
"System of scientific management advocated by Fred W. Taylor.
In Taylor’s view, the task of factory management was to determine the
best way for the worker to do the job, to provide the proper tools and
training, and to provide incentives for good performance. He broke each
job down into its individual motions, analyzed these to determine which
were essential, and timed the workers with a stopwatch. With unnecessary
motion eliminated, the worker, following a machinelike routine, became
far more productive." (Encyclopaedia Britannica)
"Gardner said that a wearable computer terminal (Motorola, 2013) had made
her and her colleagues think about Taylorism and scientific management."
- Lauren Collins, "Very important objects", 28 July 2014 The New Yorker
And here I thought Frank Gilbreth invented that.
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