Table of Contents

Contents: What Next Taylorism is all about? Facts and Challenges – What Knowledge Work is all about? The Status Quo of Scientific Rules – How to Observe Knowledge Work: A New Heuristic Standpoint – Operationalization for Observing Knowledge Work: Configuration of Rules – Taylorism and Scientific Management: Algorithms of Manual Work – Next Taylorism: Coordination and Control of Knowledge Work.

About the Author

Lukas Scheiber received his MA in Sociology, Business Administration and Economics from the University of Stuttgart. After finishing his studies, he worked as a researcher at the Lucerne Business School. In 2008, he started to work as a doctoral researcher (DFG fellowship) at GSaME – Graduate School of Excellence advanced Manufacturing Engineering, University of Stuttgart. After finishing his doctorate in 2011, the author started to work at GSaME as an academic assistant.