Chapter II: Part I: General Principles

CHAPTER

I. DIFFERENT METHODS OF PAYMENT OF WAGES 1

(_a_) Day Work 2

(_b_) Piece Work 6

(_c_) Profit Sharing 8

(_d_) Co-partnership 11

(_e_) Co-operation 13

(_f_) Bonus Systems 15

(_g_) The Reward System 16

II. WAGES AND EFFICIENCY REWARD 18

(_a_) The Reward System 18

(_b_) The Basis of Reward Payment 24

(_c_) Special Reward for High Efficiency 30

(_d_) The Classification of Work 31

(_e_) Reward derived from Increased Production 32

(_f_) Safeguards 33

(_g_) Attention to Service Details 35

(_h_) Loss of Skill due to the Reward System 40

III. WAGES AND PROGRESS 43

(_a_) Antagonism between Employer and Worker 43

(_b_) Trade-Unions and the Reward System 45

(_c_) Scientific Management and the Reward System 47

(_d_) The Future of Labour 50

(_e_) The Actual and the Ideal 56

PART II

AN APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES TO A
PARTICULAR CASE

IV. WORK AND REWARD 67

(_a_) Routing the Work 68

(_b_) The Time Study 70

(_c_) Fixing Standard Time 73

(_d_) The Instruction Card 79

(_e_) Spoiled Work 79

(_f_) Allowances 81

(_g_) Efficiency Calculation 83