Functional Foremanship In the factory system, planning, implementation and control. Thus, Taylor concentrated on improving the performance of this role in the factory set-up. In fact, he identified a list of qualities of a good foreman/supervisor and found that no single person could fit them all. This prompted him to suggest functional foremanship through eight persons.the foreman represents the managerial figure with whom the workers are in face-to-face contact on a daily basis.