Reduced Worktime and the Management of Production

by Chris Nyland

Book Overview

This book examines the tendency in market economies to reduce the time workers spend at their place of employment and considers the role scientific management has played in this development. The author contends that the changing nature of worktime can be explained by changes in both the capitalistic production process and the demands that this process places on the psycho-physiological capacities of human beings. Between 1870 and 1980, the total annual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521022827
• ISBN13: 9780521022828
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"