A central assumption held by Taylor was that organizations and workers within organizations should operate like machines.

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Taylor's background was in engineering, and this shaped his thought on how organizations and people should act. He was frustrated that people did not act in the same predictable and efficient was as machines, and so he set about designing work to be as similar to a machine as possible.

A Central Assumption Held by Taylor Was That Organizations and Workers