Motion Study
A Method for Increasing the Efficiency of the Workman

VARIABLES OF THE WORKER 15 The contented worker does not require so large a per- centage of rest for overcoming fatigue from his intensive efforts. Contentment makes for loyalty to the management, for cooperating for maintainment of the best conditions, and for the protection and preservation of the property of the employer. Creed The term '‘creed” is used to cover religion, nationality, etc., — everything that might act as a bond of sympathy between workers and the people with whom they come in contact. On work where the output of each man is re- corded separately, the question as to whether the creed of the workman is the same as that of his foreman, or super- intendent, or employer, is of little consequence. In places where the output of each man is not recorded separately, it is a recognized fact that instructions of the fore- man or employer will be more apt to be carried out where there is a bond of sympathy between the employees, the fore- man, and the employers. A bond of sympathy between the workman and the people who are to occupy the edifice upon which they are working will also increase the output. The motions of a bricklayer working upon the wall of a church differing from his own religion are often vastly different from those that he is careful to make when the congregation to occupy it coincides with his belief. In planning athletic contests also, it is well to group men according to their affiliations.