Motion Study
A Method for Increasing the Efficiency of the Workman

VARIABLES OF THE WORKER 13 Brawn Workmen vary widely as to their brawn and strength. When the actual work is being done, due consideration should be given to the percentage of efficiency that the men available possess. But all calculations should be made on the basis of using first-class men only. All data should be gathered from observations on first-class men only. In fact, so-called first-class men are not good enough. The best man obtainable anywhere is the best for obser- vation purposes. The data gathered on that best man will then be considered as 100-per-cent quality. The men finally used can then be considered as of a certain percent- age of perfect quality, and it should then be the aim of the management to attain 100-per-cent quality. This is one of the most important factors in the success of intensive management. The manager who wins is the one who has the men best suited for the purpose. Intensive manage- ment must not only recognize quickly the first-class man, but must also attract first-class men. Everybody concedes that the size of the output depends, first of all, on the quality of the men. Example. —We have found that a first-class laborer, if his work is so arranged that he does not have to stoop over, but can do his work with a, straight back, can handle ninety pounds of brick on a packet (see Fig. 3) day after day and keep in first-class physical condition, while laborers of a class that does not have the right food cannot handle