1st Edition

On the Shop Floor Two Studies of Workshop Organization and Output

By T. Lupton Copyright 2003

    Lupton's empirical study used real work groups rather than experimental groups working in post-war factories in Britain to arrive at a more sympathetic and informed appreciation of the reasoning behind the positions adopted by workers in their dealings with management, compared with the more management-oriented view of the American Hawthorne experiments.

    I. The Problem
    II. The Workshop at the Wye Garment Company
    III. Norms, Expectations, Output and Earnings
    IV. 'Sociable' Groupings in Workroom X
    V. Conflict and Co-operation
    VI. Conclusion (Wye Garment Case Study)
    VII. Jay's Electrical Components. The Industry and the Firm
    VIII. People and Production in the Small Transformer Section
    IX. The Method of Wage Payment at Jay's
    X. Norms, Expectations and Performance
    XI. Output and Earnings
    XII. Conclusion (Jay's Case Study)
    XIII. General Conclusion
    Appendix I
    References
    Subject Index

    Biography

    Lupton, T.