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Relation of Scientific Management to Labor

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1916 30(2), 311
I. Introductory. Definition of terms, 311. — Distinguishing features of scientific management, 312. — Scientific management is positive management, 314. — II. The influence on basic wages, 315. — Wages and the labor problem, 317. — III. The bonus method and its results, 319. — Effect of increased production on employment, 322. — Skill and initiative, 325. — Health, 327. — The “first-class,” the average, and the sub-normal; legislation on the minimum wage; employment of women and children, 327. — IV. Labor unions; incompatible policies, 330. — Possible bases of co-existence, 339. — V. Larger social problems. Unemployment, 342. — Education and skill, 343. — Inequahty of income, 345. — Democracy in industry, 346. — Prospects for the future, 348.

Scientific Management in Practice

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1915 29(2), 262
I. Introductory. — Scope of the investigation, personnel; statistics, 262; Personnel, 263. — II. Applications of scientific management, 267; Municipal and miscellaneous work, 267. — Railroads and public utilities, 269. — Industrial plants, 270. — Time study and instruction cards, 274. — Stores system, 279. — Routing, 280. — Inspection, 283. — Standardization of equipment, materials, and plant, 284. — Cost statistics, 286. — Sales, 287. — Gross results, 288. — III. Effect on workers. — Wages, 290; Health, 292; Interest, loyalty, 294.—IV. General economic results, 297. — Relations with organized labor, 298. — V. Failures and their causes, 303. — VI. General influence of the movement, 306.

The Literature of Scientific Management

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1914 28(3), 506
Introduction, 506. — 1. Development and Theory of Scientific Management, 509. — Earlier discussion, 510. — The successive publications of F. W. Taylor, 511; — of Gantt, 514. — Essentials of Taylor's system, 518. — Various other publications, 521. — Emerson's books, 527. — 2. Scientific Management in Operation, 530. — 3. The Railroads, 533. — 4. Methods; general articles and books, 538. — Time study, 540. — Motion study, 541. — Other questions, 543. — 5. The Personal Factor, 547. — Bearing on larger social problems, 551. — 6. Relation to Organized Labor, 553.