According to the principles of scientific management, the best way to improve productivity is to: establish open two-way communications among all of the organization's employees and managers. use time-motion studies to find the best method of doing each job, then teach those methods to employees. use job rotation and job enlargement to make work more interesting and challenging. give employees greater recognition for their efforts.

According to the principles of scientific management, the best way to improve productivity is to use time-motion studies to find the best method of doing each job, then teach those methods to employees. The scientific management principles were published in 1911 by Frederick Winslow Taylor. These principles are also known as the industrial era organization and decision theory. These are tested ways of doing things in the workplace and then are shared throughout the organization.