Introduction and Historical Background

Michael M. Gruneberg and David J. Oborne

Chapter 1 in Industrial Productivity, 1982, pp 3-9 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract As our whole society depends for its well-being on the mass production of a vast range of goods and services, it is clear that understanding how production can be made more efficient is of considerable importance to everyone, regardless of whether they are employers, employees or consumers of the products of organisations.

Keywords: Scientific Management; Historical Background; Monetary Incentive; Incentive Payment; Railway Wagon (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1982
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-05224-0_1

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