ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the authors present the problem of manpower adjustment in two lights. First, they attempt to show that adjustment is a multifaceted concept that can be viewed from many different angles. Secondly, the authors emphasize the need to take greater account of the fact that workers have widely differing abilities and capacities. They examine the needs that had to be fulfilled to allow satisfactory worker adjustment in order to provide a more solid foundation. Technological change can and often does alter the elements in the work environment and the effects of such change 'on the shop floor' have repercussions on the worker's adjustment to the job. Some industries still require the ability to perform physically heavy work despite extensive technological changes. At a higher level of mechanization, where the bulk of work tasks consist of instrument monitoring and maintenance work, the problems of physical adjustment are almost the reverse.
