Order Description
Selected BLOG 1-
Activity 1: Ford and Taylorism

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PdmNbqtDdI

Questions to consider:
1. Would workers in Australia, America or Europe accept the Taylorism in this form today?
2. Consider the design of scripts for use in Call Centres, can you see Taylorism in that? Explain.
3. This ‘clip’ is showing history from 100 years ago. Some would say that ‘the world has moved on’ and these ideas are out of date. However, could there be parts of the world today for which these
ideas might be just what they need? Explain.
Selected BLOG 2-
Activity 1: Linear Programming Word Problem

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ACJ9ewUC6U

Questions to consider:
1. What insights into rational decision making approach can you draw from this video?
2. What would be the limitations of linear programming?
3. In what kinds of situation could the linear programming be useful to decision making?