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. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER ONE EFFICIENCY AND THE NEW HOUSEKEEPING I Was sitting by the library table, mending, while my husband and a business friend were talking, one evening about a year ago. I heard them use several new words and phrases so often that I stopped to listen. "Efficiency," I heard our caller say a dozen ...
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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. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER ONE EFFICIENCY AND THE NEW HOUSEKEEPING I Was sitting by the library table, mending, while my husband and a business friend were talking, one evening about a year ago. I heard them use several new words and phrases so often that I stopped to listen. "Efficiency," I heard our caller say a dozen times; "standard practice," "motion study," and "scientific management," he repeated over and over again. The words suggested interesting things, and as I listened I grew absorbed and amazed. "What are you men talking about?" I interrupted. "I can't help being interested. Won't you please tell me what 'efficiency' is, Mr. Watson? What were you saying about bricklaying?" "Your husband and I were just discussing this new idea developed in business, called 'efficiency, ' or 'scientific management'," Mr. Watson replied. "A group of men, Emerson and Taylor among others, have come to be known in the business and manufacturing world as 'efficiency engineers.' These men are able to go into a shop or factory, watch the men at work, make observations and studies of motions, and from these observations show where waste and false movements occur and why the men lose time. Then they go to work to build up the 'efficiency' of that shop, so that the men do more work in less time, with less waste and greater output or gain to the owners, while the workers have shorter hours, higher pay, and better working conditions." "Just how do they find out what is wrong?" I asked, laying my sewing on the table, and listening eagerly, "and how do they actually increase this 'efficiency'?" "Well, for instance," answered Mr. Watson, "this is how they improved the method of laying bricks: Formerly a workman stood before a wall, and when he wanted to lay a brick he had to...
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