Reduced Worktime and the Management of Production

Nyland, Chris

Cambridge University Press（2005/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 232 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780521022828
• DDC分類 658.542

Full Description

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.

Contents

Preface; 1. The history of worktime thought; 2. Empirical evidence and worktime theory; 3. Worktime and the effort bargain; 4. The rationalization of worktime; 5. The internationalization of rationalized worktimes; Conclusion; References; Index.