ABSTRACT

Engineering the job – The lesson of the automobile assembly line – Its real meaning: the assembly line as inefficient engineering – Mechanize machine work and integrate human work – The rules of ‘integration’ – The application of Scientific Management – The worker’s need to see the result – The worker’s need to control speed and rhythm of the work – Some challenge in every job – Organizing people for work – Working as an individual – Working as a team – Placement – ‘When do ninety days equal thirty years?’