Reduced Worktime & Management Prod - Brossura

Nyland, Chris

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521022827 ISBN 13: 9780521022828

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

This book examines the tendency in market economies to reduce the time workers spend at their place of employment and considers the role scientific management has played in this development. The author contends that the changing nature of worktime can be explained by changes in both the capitalistic production process and the demands that this process places on the psycho-physiological capacities of human beings. Between 1870 and 1980, the total annual worktime in major industrialized nations decreased by approximately 40 percent. This accelerated rate of worktime change is discussed in the context of the economic revival of capitalism that began in the first half of the twentieth century and culminated in the 'long boom' of 1945–1970. Professor Nyland argues that this revival is primarily explained by the rapid development and application of the process associated with scientific management. He further asserts that this science has been seriously misunderstood by most modern scholars outside socialist nations.

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Recensione:

"The great strength of Nyland's volume is its attempt to offer a systematic theory of why employers accepted or promoted reduced worktime." Wayne Lewchuk, Business History Review

Descrizione del libro:

This book examines the tendency in market economies to reduce the time workers spend at their place of employment and considers the role scientific management has played in this development. The author contends that the changing nature of worktime can be explained by changes in both the capitalistic production process and the demands that this process places on the psycho-physiological capacities of human beings.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521022827
• ISBN 13: 9780521022828
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 232