Record Nr.

UNINA9910810813303321

Autore

Florence P. Sargant (Philip Sargant), <1890-1982., >

Titolo

Economics of fatigue and unrest : and the efficiency of labour in English and American industry / / [by] P. Sargant Florence

Pubbl/distr/stampa


London : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-56226-8

0-415-60791-4

1-315-88903-X

1-134-56219-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (665 p.)

Collana

Labour economics and industrial relations ; ; I

Routledge library editions. Economics

Disciplina

429

Soggetti

Fatigue

Industrial efficiency

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 1924"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Contents; INTRODUCTION; SELECT LIST OF SOURCES WITH REFERENCE NUMBERS USED IN THE TEXT; PART I; CHAPTER I: THE GROWTH OF TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; CHAPTER II: THE LABOUR PROBLEM; CHAPTER III: SOLUTIONS OF THE PROBLEM; CHAPTER IV: THE THEORY OF FATIGUE AND UNREST; PART II; CHAPTER V: THE BUSINESS COSTS OF INDUSTRIAL INEFFICIENCY; CHAPTER VI: THE LOSS BY LABOUR TURNOVER; A. The Cost of Turnover; B. The Average Loss by Turnover; C. The Minimum Loss by Turnover; D. Conditions of Excessive Loss

1. Effect of Different Physical Working Conditions and Types of Work 2. Effect of Organized Employment Policy; 3. Effect of Employees' Length of Service; 4. Effect of Type, Experience and Wages of Workers Employed; CHAPTER VII: THE LOSS BY ABSENCE; A. The Cost of Absence; B. The Average Loss by Absence; 1. Full Absence; 2. Lateness; 3. Time Lost by Strike and Lockout; C. Minimum Loss by Unavoidable Absence; 1. Insufficient Evidence of Factory Records; 2. Sources and Limits of Unavoidable Absence; 3. Absence from Industrial Accidents; 4. Absence from Sickness

D. Conditions of Excessive Loss 1. Effect of Hours and Other Working Conditions; 2. Effect of Sex, Living Conditions and Affiliations of Workers Employed; 5. Supplement and Summary; CHAPTER VIII: THE LOSS BY DEFICIENCY OF OUTPUT; A. Cost of Deficient Output; BC. Average and Minimum Loss by Deficient Output; D. Conditions of Excessive Loss; 1. The General Effect of Changed Hours of Work; 2. The Cyclical Effect of Continuous Hours and Days of Work; 3. Effect of Different Methods of Work and of Rhythm; 4. Effect of Physical Environment and Night Work

5. Effect of Methods of Wage Payment and Other Incentives 6. Effect of Type and Living Conditions of Worker Employed; CHAPTER IX: THE LOSS BY DEFECTIVE OUTPUT; CHAPTER X: 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; 1. Effect of Hours of Work; 2. Effect of Social and Physical Working Conditions; 3. Effect of the Experience, Literacy and Type of Worker Employed; CHAPTER XI: THE LOSS BY INDUSTRIAL ILL-HEALTH; A. Cost of Industrial Ill-health

BC. Average and Minimum Industrial Ill-health 1. Physical Deterioration; 2. The Industrial Death Rate; 3. Superannuation and Invalidity; 4. Comparative Rates of Sickness; 6. The Occupational Diseases; D. Conditions of Excessive Loss by Industrial Ill-health; 1. The Effect of Adjusting Hours of Work; 2. Effect of Different Types of Work and Physical Working Conditions; 3. Effect of Medical Supervision in the Factory; 4. Effect of Employment of Various Types of Worker; 5. Effect of Poor Wages and Living Conditions; 5. Rates of Insured Sickness

CHAPTER XII: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FATIGUE AND UNREST

Sommario/riassunto

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