College of Business Administration

1) Based upon Jim Collins' article What Comes Next?, outline at least three organizational mechanisms which might be put in place to assist employees in finding meaning in their work lives.

Keep in mind the following: "Mechanisms force things to happen that reinforce your company's core purpose, converting that purpose into action.
If I have a mechanism, I don't need the intention, because the mechanism will make things happen even when I'm not focused on them."

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2) In his classic work `The Principles of Scientific Management, Fredrick Taylor oulines his argument(s) as to what organizations ought to do in order to increase efficiency. Provide a critique of this argument, paying special attention to how taking Taylor's argument(s) seriously might impact a worker's ability to experience meaning in their work.