Harrington Emerson Quote

The schedule is a moral contract or agreement with the men as to a particular machine operation, rate of wages and time. Any change in men [etc.] calls for a new schedule.


Emerson as cited in: Horace Bookwalter Drury (1918) Scientific Management: A History and Criticism. p. 142

Scientific management; a history and criticism, by Horace Bookwalter Drury..


The schedule is a moral contract or agreement with the men as to a particular machine operation, rate of wages and time. Any change in men [etc.]...

The schedule is a moral contract or agreement with the men as to a particular machine operation, rate of wages and time. Any change in men [etc.]...

The schedule is a moral contract or agreement with the men as to a particular machine operation, rate of wages and time. Any change in men [etc.]...

The schedule is a moral contract or agreement with the men as to a particular machine operation, rate of wages and time. Any change in men [etc.]...