Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... XXIII JOINT CONTROL Jennie Mcmullin' Turner In October, 1919, we sent out a questionnaire to the firms we had visited, asking for their experience in the matter of per capita production since 1914. The following replies were received: Reply No. 1 (Men on straight day rate.) "We have 20,000 more employees than in 1914, and we are producing only a few hundred units (cars) more per day now than we did then. This is not to be attributed to lack of efficiency on the part of employees, but is due to the fact that we are running a great many more operations now than in 1914 and producing some things which we did not then produce, but which were made by other companies. "The work done in our branches today is practically the same as that done in 1914, and the efficiency in our branches at the present time is higher than ever before. We are aware of the fact, here at the Home Office, that there is a certain tendency on the part of employees to slow down a bit, but on the whole we do not believe it has been to as great a degree as has been experienced in other concerns." Reply No. 2. (Men on straight day rate.) "The character of our product has changed so much since 1914 that there is no way that a comparison can be made such as you mention. Not only this, but the shoes that we are making now are very much different from what we made a year ago and the shoes we made a year ago were very much different from those we made the year before. Our product has been undergoing a gradual change since we started business, making a higher grade shoe all the time. "While it is true that we are not running as many hours as we did in 1914 and it is also true that we do not get the quantity of work from, the operator that we did then, I believe that the average...
