Reduced Worktime and the Management of Production

by Chris Nyland

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521022827

ISBN13:9780521022828

Release Date:November 2005

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:232 Pages

Weight:0.76 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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