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FREDERICK TAYLOR’S CONCEPT OF ‘SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT’ S INFLUENCE ON THE FIELD OF ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR . In the years closely following 1911, it became apparent that those manufacturing firms which had adopted the Scientific Management approach had gained a comparative advantage over their rivals. In manufacturing and industrial type business, scientific management was imperative for organisational success. In recent times it has become obvious that the dehumanising tactics used in those industries has become oppressive and outaged, and has lead to labour strife, such as union striking in many businesses. The scientific management approach subjects the employee to the power of the production process. Employees were no longer an influential member of a contributing team, but merely a replaceable asset in