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

• Autore: Florence P. Sargant (Philip Sargant), <1890-1982., >
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (665 p.)
• Disciplina: 429
• Soggetto topico: Fatigue; Industrial efficiency
• 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, <EM>Economics of Fatigue and Unrest</EM> is as relevant today for the study of industrial relations and human resource management as when it was first published. <BR><BR>It contains chapters on the following:<BR>* The growth of technical efficiency<BR>* The theory of fatigue and unrest<BR>* The costs of industrial inefficiency<BR>* The loss by staff turnover<BR>* The loss by absence<BR>* The loss by industrial accidents and ill-health
• Titolo autorizzato: Economics of fatigue and unrest
• ISBN: 1-134-56226-8; 0-415-60791-4; 1-315-88903-X; 1-134-56219-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790648503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Labour economics and industrial relations ; ; 1.