 take it easy" is greatly increased by bringing a number of men together on similar work and at a uniform standard rate of pay by the day. Under this plan the better men gradually but surely slow down their gait to that of the poorest and least efficient....  The Principles of Scientific Management - Page 7by Frederick Winslow Taylor - 2006 - 76 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Frederick Winslow Taylor - Efficiency, Industrial - 1911 - 88 pages
...vitality, and ambition who naturally choose the fastest gait, set up their own standards, and who will work hard, even though it may be against their best...unanswerable. 'Why should I work hard when that lazy fellows gets the same pay that I do and does only half as much work?' "A careful time study of men... | |
 | Frank Barkley Copley - Industrial efficiency - 1923 - 534 pages
...which Taylor described as that of " bringing a" number of men together on similar work and at a uniform rate of pay by the day." Under this plan the better...works for a few days beside a lazy one, the logic 1 Shop Management, p. 30. of the situation is unanswerable : " Why should I work hard when that lazy... | |
 | Arthur G. Anderson - Technology & Engineering - 1928 - 650 pages
...varying capabilities : a like wage was paid to all those engaged in doing a certain class of work. "Under this plan the better men gradually but surely...the same pay that I do and does only half as much work?'"3 The piece-rate plan had failed to remedy the situation because of the frequency with which... | |
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