How did Robert Owen impact the way in which factory owners treated their employees?
What were Robert Owen's theories and ideas?
What were the working conditions for the employees after Robert Owen's intervention? What were some of the improvements that Robert own introduced for his workers?
What was the general outlook of the factory employees during the Industrial Revolution?
What factors influenced Robert Owen to advocate Socialism?
What were his core principals of Socialism?
Education neglected
Employees worked for an average of twelve to fourteen hours a day, six times a week
Child labor was considered normal
Lack of adequate Sanitation
Deplorable housing and living quarters
Crimes of lesser importance were frequent
Habits such as alcoholism
There was dangerous work. Employees would have to work closely with strong machinery that did not have any safety features
No government regulations to protect the workers
Machines injured workers
They would earn low wages despite the amount the employees worked
Prohibited children under the age of ten from working
Provided free education for all children and laborer's children
In New Lanark, he improved housing and built schools for the kids who lived there
Refused to use corporal punishment in the mills
Supplied healthcare benefits to the workers
made working hours shorter
He helped the factory employees benefit and earn higher wages by dividing the factory profits among his employees through shares.
Wanted a fair society and social reform
Did not support any religion
Wished to improve the overall lifestyle of the poor and
Felt that the rich should devote some profits to uplift society
Better education was the key to happiness
What was Robert Owen's impact on Utopian Socialism?
Influenced by the thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment period
Was a member of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society
Became interested in philosophical intelligence and
entrepreneurship
Member of the Manchester Board of Health which aimed at improving the health and working conditions of the working class
Became a superintendent of a large cotton mill in Manchester at 19
When he became more involved in manufacturing, he was shocked at the working conditions and he decided to improve them
Became an apprentice to a clothier at the age of ten
Made maximum change in the social context when he bought one of the largest cotton mills of Great Britain at New
Lanark in Scotland
He ameliorated the textile mill industry in New Lanark and furnished good working and living conditions for the employees
He reduced the working hours for the workers to 10 hours
He visualized collaborative societies, characterized by compassion, shared values, and enlightened with millennialist doctrine
Eventually, Owen reduced the working hours of the workers to 8 hours
Provided free school for the employees children
He was the founder of Utopian Socialism and the Cooperative movement
He declared that the laborers have the rights to 8 hours of work, recreation and sleep respectively
He felt the need to put efforts to improve factory working conditions for his workers and promote experimental socialistic communities
Owen's factories aimed on the happiness and well-being of its employees
His factories emphasized on the happiness and well-being of its employees
His Management Theory emphasized the importance of managing his employees instead of controlling them and commanding
Happy employees are more productive
Who was Robert Owen?
Social reformer
Known for his efforts to improve working conditions in factories for the employees and promote experimental socialistic communities
Founder of Utopian Socialism and the Cooperative movement
Father of British Socialism
Philanthropist
Factory owner
His Management Theory was based on humanity
He felt that the employees were treated horribly and hence were miserable
they spent their day toiling in hot, dusty, stuffy, dark and and unsafe factories
He perceived that something was not right with the factories (and mills) he ran and worked in
Industrialist
He aimed at transforming society to utopia ("A community where everyone works for the common good")
Owen's philosophy for social reform became known as Owenism
Believed that if factory owners treated their workers better they would work better
Owen believed his idea would be the best way to reorganise society in general, and called his vision the "New Moral World"
His philosophy Owenism, aimed to use Utopian socialist models to create a society without private property, ignorance and poverty
What is the interdisciplinary link between English and Social Studies?
Owen has written “A New View of Society and Other Writings.” Literature did impact society to a substantial extent. He himself made an impact on the working conditions for factory workers
Robert Owen felt the need to put efforts into improving working conditions for his employees and promote experimental socialistic communities. He also felt that happy employees were more productive
I will include the factors which influenced him to advocate socialism and his thoughts about that. He was influenced by the thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment period and was a member of the Manchester Board of Health which sought to improving the health and working conditions of the working class
When Robert Owen became more involved in manufacturing, he was shocked at the working conditions and he decided to improve them and make social reforms. He had ideas and was different from other factory owners
I will be writing a diary entry in the perspective of Robert Owen who was a historical figure using past events portraying his feelings and emotions
His theory called “Robert Owen’s Management Theory” did influence literature and implemented social reform. Authors spoke about the injustices and the harsh working conditions but at the same time spoke about prosperity. He believed and his theory emphasized on the importance of managing his employees instead of controlling them and commanding orders at them