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Discussion (2) ¬

1. 
   Kona

   January 16, 2017 at 1:07 am | #

   On these time studies, what I want to know is, where do I log the time spent filling out their stupid time forms?
2. 
   Peter Rogan

   January 16, 2017 at 7:18 pm | #

   Time/motion studies were the gold standard of improving productivity from the time of Henry Ford to the 1960s. Then Japanese car makers imported cheaper, better cars and manufacturers went into a dizzy and discovered process improvement. Maybe the solution isn’t working faster, but finding a better, easier way to work. It had worked for the Japanese, after all. The fad here lasted maybe ten years, but faded in favor of fear-based management. People work harder if they think they’ll be fired in the morning. That remains the American standard. But they won’t bring back time/management studies because that just pits manager against manager. And the managers sabotage each other. And the entire business, if that’s what it takes. I don’t see the improvement at all, frankly.