Economics of Fatigue and Unrest and the Efficiency of Labour in English and American Industry

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

Av P. Sargant Florence

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Structured in three parts, Economics of Fatigue and Unrest is as relevant today for the study of industrial relations and human resource management as when it was first published. It contains chapters on the following:* The growth of technical efficiency* The theory of fatigue and unrest* The costs of industrial inefficiency* The loss by staff turnover* The loss by absence* The loss by industrial accidents and ill-health

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Utgivningsdatum2010-10-19
Mått138 x 216 x undefined mm
Vikt790 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor428
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780415607919

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PART 1 1. The Growth of Technical Efficiency 2. The Labour Problem 3. Solutions of the Problem 4. The Theory of Fatigue and Unrest PART 2 5. The Business Costs of Industrial Inefficiency 6. The Loss By Labour Turnover (a) The Cost of Turnover (b) The Average Loss of Turnover (c) Conditions of Excessive Loss i. Effect of Different Physical Working Conditions and Types of Work ii. Effect of Organized Employment Policy iii. Effect of Employees' Length of Service iv. Effect of Type, Experience and Wages of Workers Employed 7. The Loss of Absence (a) The Cost of Absence (b) The Average Loss of Absence i. Full Absence ii. Lateness iii. Time Lost by Strike and Lockout (c) Minimum Loss by Unavoidable Absence i. Insufficient Evidence of Factory Records ii. Sources and Limits of Unavoidable Absence iii. Absence from Industrial Accidents iv. Absence from Sickness v. Supplement and Summary (d) Conditions of Excessive Loss i. Effect of Hours and Other Working Conditions ii. Effect of Sex, Living Conditions and Affiliations of Workers Employed 8. The Loss By Deficiency of Output (a) Cost of Deficiency of Output (b) Average and Minimum Loss by Deficient Output (c) Conditions of Excessive Loss i. The General Effect of Changed Hours of Work ii. The Cyclical Effect of Continuous Hours and Days of Work iii. Effect of Different Methods of Work and of Rhythm iv. Effect of Physical Environment and Night Work v. Effect of Methods of Wage Payment and Other Incentives vi. Effect of Type and Living Conditions of Worker Employed 9. The Loss By Defective Output 10. The Loss By Industrial Accidents (a) The Cost of an Industrial Accident (b) The Average Loss by Industrial Accidents (c) Minimum Loss by Industrial Accidents (d) Conditions of Excessive Loss i. Effects of Hours of Work ii. Effect of Social and Physical Working Conditions iii. Effect of the Experience, Literacy and Type of Worker Employed 11. The Loss By Industrial Ill Health (a) Cost of Industrial Ill Health (b) Average and Minimum Industrial Ill Health i. Physical Deterioration ii. The Industrial Death Rate iii. Superannuation and Invalidity iv. Comparative Rates of Sickness v. The Occupational Diseases (c) Conditions of Excessive Loss by Industrial Ill-Health i. The Effect of Adjusting Hours of Work ii. Effect of Different Types of Work and Physical Working Conditions iii. Effect of Medical Supervision in the Factory iv. Effect of Employment of Various Types of Worker v. Effect of Poor Wages and Living Conditions 12. The Significance of Fatigue and Unrest (a) The Findings of Statistical Investigation summed up (b) The Intermediacy of Human and Unrest (c) The Findings of Test and Questionnaire (d) The Scope of Fatigue and Unrest (e) A Policy of Record-Keeping PART 3 13. The Record of Labour Losses 14. The Record of Industrial Conditions