This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...month. Compare this with the old rate of nearly 11,000 hours on this part of the work for ten; a production ratio increase of over 4.4 to 1. Similar methods in the way of handling preliminaries and in supervision apply to all bonus work until the men are trained to the quick and satisfactory performance of their tasks. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...month. Compare this with the old rate of nearly 11,000 hours on this part of the work for ten; a production ratio increase of over 4.4 to 1. Similar methods in the way of handling preliminaries and in supervision apply to all bonus work until the men are trained to the quick and satisfactory performance of their tasks. It can readily be seen that more depends on the efficiency of the organization than on the men's individual efforts. These preliminaries in the way of development and maintenance of the new type of organization must, of course, cost the firm considerable before these results are obtained. This fact must not be overlooked (and it is too often overlooked) when comparing the bonus realized by the men with their wages to the production increases and cost reductions. The investment made by the firm is responsible for a big percentage of the difference and involves no extra effort on the part of the men. The intention is to pay the employee generously for his share in the results obtained. Very often the greatest proportion of the gain is due to factors entirely beyond the influence of the individual. In such cases he should have no share in the gain in way of a bonus. In other cases, where the saving is largely up to him, he should be generously paid extra in proportion to his influence in making such saving. Some critics have not yet been able to see this point, but it is true nevertheless. I was recently told of a case in which a high-speed-steel tool was used for the first time. The tool was provided for the job and the correct cutting speed determined for the particular work in the machine. The result was that the speed was twice as fast and the operator immediately demanded a 100 per cent increase in his wages. It was, of course, refused, and...
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