Preface | v |
Introductory | vii |
| PART I | |
| GENERAL PRINCIPLES | |
chapter | page |
I. | Different Methods of Payment of Wages | 1 |
| (a) Day Work | 2 |
| (b) Piece Work | 6 |
| (c) Profit Sharing | 8 |
| (d) Co-partnership | 11 |
| (e) Co-operation | 13 |
| (f) Bonus Systems | 15 |
| (g) The Reward System | 16 |
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II. | Wages and Efficiency Reward | 18 |
| (a) The Reward System | 18 |
| (b) The Basis of Reward Payment | 24 |
| (c) Special Reward for High Efficiency | 30 |
| (d) The Classification of Work | 31 |
| (e) Reward derived from Increased Production | 32 |
| (f) Safeguards | 33 |
| (g) Attention to Service Details | 35 |
| (h) Loss of Skill due to the Reward System | 40 |
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III. | Wages and Progress | 43 |
| (a) Antagonism between Employer and Worker | 43 |
| (b) Trade-Unions and the Reward System | 45 |
| (c) Scientific Management and the Reward System | 47 |
| (d) The Future of Labour | 50 |
| (e) The Actual and the Ideal | 56 |
| PART II | |
| AN APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES TO A PARTICULAR CASE | |
IV. | Work and Reward | 67 |
| (a) Routing the Work | 68 |
| (b) The Time Study | 70 |
| (c) Fixing Standard Time | 73 |
| (d) The Instruction Card | 79 |
| (e) Spoiled Work | 79 |
| (f) Allowances | 81 |
| (g) Efficiency Calculation | 83 |
| PART III | |
| EXPLANATION OF DIAGRAMS SHOWING DIFFERENT METHODS OF REWARD PAYMENT | |
V. | Reward and Efficiency | 86 |
| (a) Reward System No. 1 | 90 |
| (b) Reward System No. 2 | 92 |
| (c) Reward System No. 3 | 94 |
| (d) Reward System No. 4 | 96 |
| (e) The Taylor System | 98 |
| (f) The Gantt System |
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