Labour norming as a process of establishing labour standards was formed in the classical direction of the sociology of "scientific management", the founder of which was the American engineer F. W. Taylor, who studied production management and labour organization in conditions of machine production. The current concept of labour of F.W. Taylor involves the division of labour, the study of time (timekeeping) of movements and operations. The measurement of working time is carried out by the method of direct measurement, which allows obtaining information about the actual cost of working time to perform labour activities. This concept of labour norming is successfully applied to physical labour, while its application to mental labour is questioned by many researchers.
Labour norming serves as an indispensable element of the system of planning and organization of production, personnel management, labour motivation, remuneration, etc. Labour norming is the main tool to improve the quality and productivity of labour. Labour norming is one of the elements of the state policy of labour management.
The purpose of this article is to consider the problems of labour norming in the sphere of scientific activity and the difficulties that arise in measuring the labour costs of scientific results. To discuss the scientific validity of applying Taylorism policy to science management. To show the incorrectness of the existing system of labour norming in the scientific sphere.
Management of scientific labour as a process of determining the productivity of scientific work, the formation of a system of standardization of labour costs, the introduction of professional standards, regulation of pay by the results achieved - this is one of the components of economic policy of the Russian government and state policy in labour management [1].
Let us consider the scientific validity of the state policy in the sphere of scientific labour management on the basis of the concept proposed by Tambovtsev V. L. The concept is based on the author's interpretation of the terms "policy" and "science policy": "we define policy as a set of intentions of some entity regarding the state and/or dynamics of a certain socio-economic system (SES) and the preferred (chosen) ways of implementing these intentions. Accordingly, science policy is a set of intentions of some subject regarding the future state and dynamics of science (as a socio-economic system) and the selected means (policy tools), the application of which, in his opinion, will ensure the implementation of these intentions" [2].