Although more subtle, another crucially important aspect of this story is an interrelated set of security concerns. By becoming a high-priced man, Schmidt is given the security of earning $1.85 "every day right through the year" (Taylor, 1911/1934, p. 7); managers are given the security of a worker who does what he is told, and the company is given the security of increased productivity and profit margins. Stated differently, security is the mechanism that binds workers, managers, and owners together as integrated components of a happy and prosperous population.
The next step is relatively straightforward. By carefully crafting variations ("multiform tactics") of the script used on Schmidt, Taylor (1911/1934) assures us that governmentality could be extended "to the management of our homes; the management of our farms; the management of the business of our tradesmen, large and small; of our churches, our philanthropic institutions, our universities, and our governmental departments" (p. 7). And scientific management did indeed spread throughout virtually all aspects of society during the first decades of this century.