Craftsmanship and Modern management

A craftsman is a person who is talented in one skill. It could a blacksmith or a tailor who shows his skill right from transforming a raw material into a finished product. It is similar to one person building a tower and there is no parallel in his work. The craftsman has the liberty to use his creativity to maximum extent as he doesn't have a boss. 

The following videos illustrate craftsmanship and modern management in carpentry.

But in modern times craftsmanship seems to lose its charm. Everywhere we see the presence of modern management. Here, the person who makes a machine is not going to be the person who operates it to deliver the final product. Therefore modern management lies on the crux of deskilling where each worker is assigned a different task. This kind of disintegration decreases the skill of the workers and increases the inter-dependability. As workers each do the smallest of the work, they hone their dexterity over a period of time.One important feature of modern management is that it gives job to people from bottom of the pyramid. It does come with one disadvantage where there is a chance of over exploitation of labour. However, this can be tackled by taking appropriate measures.