PART I. General Principles

GENERAL PRINCIPLES

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I. DIFFERENT METHODS OF PAYMENT OF WAGES 1

(a) Day Work 2

(b) Piece Work 6

(c) Profit Sharing 8

(d) Co-partnership 11

(e) Co-operation 13

(f) Bonus Systems 15

(g) The Reward System 16

II. WAGES AND EFFICIENCY REWARD 18

(a) The Reward System 18

(b) The Basis of Reward Payment 24

(c) Special Reward for High Efficiency 30

(d) The Classification of Work 31

(e) Reward derived from Increased Production 32

(f) Safeguards 33

(g) Attention to Service Details 35

(h) Loss of Skill due to the Reward System 40

III. WAGES AND PROGRESS 43

(a) Antagonism between Employer and Worker 43

(b) Trade-Unions and the Reward System 45

(c) Scientific Management and the Reward System 47

(d) The Future of Labour 50

(e) The Actual and the Ideal 56