The science of labour and its organization / by Josefa Ioteyko.

  • Józefa Joteyko
Date:
1919
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Credit: The science of labour and its organization / by Josefa Ioteyko. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    occasion to testify to the enormous amount of fatigue produced by static labour, often unpro¬ ductive, for which he had no use, and which he tried to eliminate. A second example may be taken from brick¬ laying. According to Gilbreth, who collaborated with Taylor, for handling piles of bricks, a load must not exceed 40 kilogrammes for a strong man (first-class) ; 27-31 kilogrammes for a second- class man. The bricks and the mortar are placed by an assistant within reach of the brick-layer’s hand ; the latter should confine himself abso¬ lutely to placing them ; the top of the brick being on a level with the hand, the movement takes place, following the action of the weight, without contraction. The pile of bricks should be at the required height so that the layer need not stoop to pick them up or to work ; his assistant should carry the bricks on a two-wheeled barrow, which would allow of the transport of 216 bricks instead of only 60 (a one-wheeled barrow) etc. By this method, three times as much work is accomplished. The example in the office of Industrial Engineer¬ ing 1 is not less significant. The employees folded, sealed, and dispatched 20,000 letters per ’Quoted by Aroar, Le Moteur Humain, Paris igi.j, p. 582 (English Translation, G. Routledge & Sons, Ltd.).
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