Evaluate Taylor's five key principles in the example contemporary contexts given below. Prepare contributions for the chat box as you work through the examples below, ready for the live session.

Taylor's scientific management

Five key principles

• Separation of conception from execution
• Simplification of tasks
• Close supervision
• Strict obedience to "one best way"
• Monetary performance incentives

Question: How would these apply in a highly automated context like a large car manufacturer?

Question: How would these apply in an artist's studio?

Question: Do Taylor's principles have a place in the modern workplace?

Feel free to add a different context and comment on that, if it would illustrate how these principles are used, or avoided, in a current workplace.