▁Deb ate ▁about ▁Taylor ' s ▁Beth le hem ▁study ▁of ▁workers , ▁particularly ▁the ▁s tere ot yp ical ▁labor er ▁" Sch midt ", ▁continues ▁to ▁this ▁day . ▁One ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁study ▁supports ▁assert ions ▁Taylor ▁made ▁about ▁the ▁quite ▁substantial ▁increase ▁in ▁product ivity , ▁for ▁even ▁the ▁most ▁basic ▁task ▁of ▁pick ing ▁up , ▁carrying ▁and ▁dro pping ▁p igs ▁of ▁iron . ▁ ▁Management ▁theory ▁Taylor ▁thought ▁that ▁by ▁analyz ing ▁work , ▁the ▁" one ▁best ▁way " ▁to ▁do ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁found . ▁He ▁is ▁most ▁remembered ▁for ▁developing ▁the ▁stop watch ▁time ▁study , ▁which , ▁combined ▁with ▁Frank ▁Gil bre th ' s ▁motion ▁study ▁methods , ▁later ▁became ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁time ▁and ▁motion ▁study . ▁He ▁broke ▁a ▁job ▁into ▁its ▁component ▁parts ▁and ▁measured ▁each ▁to ▁the ▁hundred th ▁of ▁a ▁minute . ▁One ▁of ▁his ▁most ▁famous ▁studies ▁involved ▁sh ov els . ▁He ▁noticed ▁that ▁workers ▁used ▁the ▁same ▁sh ov el ▁for ▁all ▁materials . ▁He ▁determined ▁that ▁the ▁most ▁effective ▁load ▁was ▁ 2 1 ½ ▁pounds , ▁and ▁found ▁or ▁designed ▁sh ov els ▁that ▁for ▁each ▁material ▁would ▁sc oop ▁up ▁that ▁amount . ▁He ▁was ▁generally ▁un success ful ▁in ▁getting ▁his ▁concepts ▁applied , ▁and ▁was ▁dismiss ed ▁from ▁Beth le hem ▁Iron ▁Company / B eth le hem ▁Ste el ▁Company . ▁Nevertheless , ▁Taylor ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁conv ince ▁workers ▁who ▁used ▁sh ov els