Motion Study
A Method for Increasing the Efficiency of the Workman

40 MOTION STUDY scores of output and high pay. To them there is no monotony in laying common brick day after day, for to the skilled mason brick are not so nearly alike as are human beings. A bricklayer interested in his work will often remember the characteristics of one certain brick years after he has forgotten the wall upon which it was laid. Therefore the temperament of the man must be taken into consideration when placing the men. When they are best placed they follow their instructions on the subject of motion, and higher scores will be the result. Training “Training” is so closely related to “skill” and “ex- perience” that it is difficult to separate it from them. We use the word to mean both the worker’s theoretical and practical equipment for his work, his entire preparation. The problem is to see that the worker has both kinds of equipment, acquired in the most useful, balanced method possible. The training of the available worker must always be considered in estimating the time that it will take him to acquire standard methods and the output that can be expected of him. The training of the worker of the future should be planned to fit him for standard work. The training of the apprentice on the work to-day is usually defective because he has little or no training in theory at the same time that he is getting his practice. Further-