Competitiveness versus industrial discipline – an end to time based control?

Abstract

Examines time based control in productions environments. Outlines the historical background to time‐based control. Argues that time based control can be wasteful, alienating and even potentially destabilising. Suggests some alternatives to time based control, including task‐based control, and concludes that the challenge to work study is to chart the transition to task based control.

Citation

Drummond, H. (1992), "Competitiveness versus industrial discipline – an end to time based control?", Work Study, Vol. 41 No. 7, pp. 6-7. https://doi.org/10.1108/00438029210022647