THE FACTOR METHOD OF CALCULATING DISCRETION IN A FLEXIBLE WORK HOUR SCHEDULE

R. A. Lee and W. McEwan Young

Journal of Management Studies, 1978, vol. 15, issue 3, 265-284

Abstract: There has been a pronounced reluctance to experiment with flexible work schedules in so‐called production areas, because of fears that the discretion granted individuals in their use of time would result in a fall in productivity. This article describes a first approach to calculating the amount of flexibility that can be given a group of employees in a production unit, in order to ensure that, even when they exploit the discretion to the full extent, there will always be work for everyone and other, interdependent, production units (or customers) do not suffer.

Date: 1978
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