BOOSTING CONSTRUCTION-WORKER PRODUCTIVITY

THE CASE STUDIES IN THIS ARTICLE POINT OUT SOME PROVEN TECHNIQUES FOR BOOSTING A MAN'S PRODUCTIVITY. THESE INCLUDE: PROFIT SHARING; PUBLIC RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING WORKERS; ALL-EXPENSE-PAID VACATIONS FOR HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE CRAFTSMEN; SHORT-INTERVAL SCHEDULING, IN WHICH TIME AND QUALITY STANDARDS ARE SET AND THE WORKER'S PERFORMANCE MEASURED AGAINST THEM; POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT-I.E. PRAISE GOOD WORK BUT DON'T CRITICIZE WORK NOT QUITE UP TO GOALS; INVOLVING WORKERS IN JOB PLANNING; AND LETTING CRAFTSMEN PICK THEIR WORKING PARTNERS.

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• Authors:
  • Schrader, C R
• Publication Date: 1972-10

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 61-3
• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Volume: 42
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0885-7024
  • Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Production methods; Productivity; Work rules
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00215620
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1973 12:00AM