[Gutenberg 46977] • A Rational Wages System / Some Notes on the Method of Paying the Worker a Reward for Efficiency in Addition to Wages by Atkinson, Henry -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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PREFACE INTRODUCTORY CONTENTS PART I GENERAL PRINCIPLES CHAPTER I DIFFERENT METHODS OF PAYMENT OF WAGES

(a) Day Work. (b) Piece Work. (c) Profit Sharing. (d) Co-partnership. (e) Co-operation. (f) Bonus Systems. (g) The Reward System.

CHAPTER II WAGES AND EFFICIENCY REWARD

(a) The Reward System. (b) The Basis of Reward Payment. (c) Special Reward for High Efficiency. (d) The Classification of Work. (e) Reward derived from Increased Production. (f) Safeguards. (g) Attention to Service Details. (h) Loss of Skill due to the Reward System

CHAPTER III WAGES AND PROGRESS

(a) Antagonism between Employer and Worker. (b) Trade-Unions and the Reward System. (c) Scientific Management and the Reward System. (d) The Future of Labour. (e) The Actual and the Ideal.

PART II AN APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES TO A PARTICULAR CASE CHAPTER IV WORK AND REWARD

(a) Routing the Work. (b) The Time Study. Time Study Reading. (c) Fixing Standard Time. (d) The Instruction Card. (e) Spoiled Work. (f) Allowances. (g) Efficiency Calculation.

PART III EXPLANATION OF DIAGRAMS SHOWING DIFFERENT METHODS OF REWARD PAYMENT CHAPTER V REWARD AND EFFICIENCY

(a) Reward System No. 1. (b) Reward System No. 2. (c) Reward System No. 3. (d) Reward System No. 4. (e) The Taylor System. (f) The Gantt System. (g) The Emerson System. (h) The Rowan System. (i) Day Rate. (j) Piece Work. (k) The Ford System.

APPENDIX

A FLOATING WAGE RATE

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