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Explore the debate between scientific management and labor through the lens of an in‑depth, methodical study. This nonfiction work presents the aims, methods, and findings of a major investigation into how efficiency systems affect workers, managers, and society. It highlights both potential benefits and the real-world challenges of applying scientific management in practice.
Driven by hearings and extensive shop visits, the book lays out the competing claims of management experts and organized labor. It examines how time study, task setting, training, and pace relate to worker welfare and industrial democracy. The material is presented in a balanced, documentary style, with conclusions drawn from comprehensive evidence rather than rhetoric.
- Clear explanation of the investigation’s purpose, scope, and key questions
- Analysis of how scientific management appears in theory and in actual shops
- Critical examination of labor claims, trade union objections, and practical implications
- Appendices and a structured questionnaire illustrating the data‑gathering process
Ideal for readers seeking a historical, evidence‑based view of early 20th‑century industrial reform and its impact on workers and management alike.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is a critical assessment of scientific management in its relations to labor, carefully examining the claims of scientific managers and the charges made by organized labor against them. The author puts the contrasting perspectives side by side for comparison and tests the veracity of both through real-world examples and data collected from extensive investigations. In addition to the analysis of scientific management's effects on workers, the book provides a nuanced understanding of the motivations and contradictions that define its proponents and critics. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781330824849_0
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Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnExcerpt from Scientific Management and LaborIn making this study the writer has had no desire to uphold or to condemn scientific management or either party to the controversy concerning it. He has tried simply to discover . Seller Inventory # 2147799728
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