Functional Foremanship: F.W. Taylor has propounded the functional organisation. This form of organisation is totally based on the principle of specialisation and makes full utilisation of expertise of various experts. In a functional organisation, work is divided into many small parts and each part is assigned to an expert.
Functional organisation has been clarified in the following diagram:
Specialist of Planning Department and their Functions
i. Route Clerk: This clerk specifies the sequences of completing a particular work, meaning thereby the stages it shall have to pass before being finalised. He also decides the job to be done for the day and where it is to be done.
ii. Instruction Card Clerk: This clerk prepares the instruction cards for the workers and hands them over to the gang boss. These cards contain information about the nature of the work, procedure of doing it, material to be used and the details about machinery.
iii. Time and Cost Clerk: This clerk decides as to when a particular work is to be started and finished, meaning thereby as to what time the whole work will take. It is also decided at the same time at what cost the product will be produced.
iv. Discipline Officer: The discipline officer ensures that every work is being performed in a disciplined manner.
Specialist of Production Department and their Functions
i. Gang Boss: He is expected to ensure that both the workers and the machines are fit enough for production and that the material required for their use has been made available to them.
ii. Speed Boss: The main function of the speed boss is to ensure that all the workers are performing their job at the required or expected speed.
iii. Repair Boss: The main function of the repair boss is to keep the machines and tools in working condition.
iv. Inspector: He inspects the things produced and compares their quality with the standard prescribed for them and tries to find out the difference. In case of unfavourable result, he initiates corrective action.
