Material zur Lage der Bergarbeiter während des Weltkrieges

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Identifikator:: 1009139274

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-23341

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Material zur Lage der Bergarbeiter während des Weltkrieges

Place of publication:: [Bochum]

Publisher:: [Verband der Bergarbeiter Deutschlands]

Year of publication:: 1919

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (383 Seiten)

Digitisation:: 2017

Collection:: Economics Books

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EMPLOYMENT PSYCHOLOGY quently results in spoilage, breakage, or loss of materials, and poor quality of output leading to dissatisfied customers or damage claims; with inexperienced salesmen there is fre- quently loss of sales and alienation of former customers. Wages of inefficient employees. This item covers only the sums paid to employees hired under the less rigorous selec- tion methods, who would be rejected if measurement meth- ods were used and who would, in any event, eventually be discharged or leave of their own accord. Differences in production. If the new method enables the firm to select a larger proportion of the more efficient and able workers, it is logical to expect an increase in average production per man. This can sometimes be estimated fairly well. Savings inferred from decreased labor turnover. Some in- vestigators have aimed at a short-cut to a convincing esti- mate of the savings effected by the adoption of improved employment procedures. Their plan is to secure a general estimate of the cost of labor turnover, and then to make their computation simply by comparison of the turnover before and after the change in employment methods. The utmost caution is needed when such a comparison is made, because the rate of turnover is bound to be influenced by many factors in addition to the effectiveness of the selection process. Changes in general business conditions and in the local labor market must be reckoned with, as well as changes in supervision and the efficiency of management within the plant. In view of these complications which enter into any rigorous analysis of labor turnover, it is not advisable to rely merely on estimates of savings based on a favorable change in the turnover rate. Instead, the more detailed estimates mentioned above are essential. Values too intangible to be measured. One real but less tangible advantage of improved selection methods is an in- crease in prestige through the fact that the company is 220

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