1st Edition

Management and Labour

By K. G. Fenelon Copyright 1939

    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.

    1. The Development of Systematic Methods of Management 2. The Organisation of a Business 3. Industrial Relations and Labour Management 4. Absenteeism and Labour Turnover 5. Working Conditions and Factory Environment 6. Industrial Welfare 7. Industrial Diseases 8. Industrial Accidents 9. Organisation of Labour 10. Wage Systems 11. Regulation of Wages by the State 12. Development of Arbitration and Conciliation 13. Methods of Promoting Economic Security for Employees 14. Methods of Securing Contacts between Management and Labour in Large Firms Index

    Biography

    K. G. Fenelon