GILBRETHS

Frank Gilbreth & Lilian Gilbreth, a husband and wife, were some of the early backers of Taylor’s scientific management philosophy.

Main contributions

Three position plan promotion

•    The Gilbreths developed a  that intended to serve as an employee development program as well as a morale booster. According to this plan a worker would do his present job, prepare for the next highest one and train his successor all at the same time. Thus a worker will always be a doer, a l learner and a teacher.

•    Job rotation

The Gilbreths came up with the idea of developing workers through job rotation i.e. rotating workers through various tasks to improve their performance.

•    Training and development of workers

Gilbreths felt that to improve worker productivity organisations should train and develop workers.