Management and Labour (Hardcover)

First published in 1939, Management and Labour is a study of industrial organisation in the 1930s, with special reference to personnel relations. The matters dealt with include the development of systematic methods of management; 'Scientific Management' and industrial psychology; Industrial fatigue and its reduction; Working conditions and factory environment; Labour management; Foremanship; Labour turnover; Absenteeism; Arbitration and conciliation in labour disputes; Statutory and voluntary welfare; State regulation of wages; Industrial diseases and their prevention; Industrial accidents; and the problem of economic security for employees. This book will be of interest to students of business, management, labour studies, disaster management and history.