“Stories of the underworld invariably possess a certain fascination. Mr Leverage has written a fair sample of this type of novel.”
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“The story is entertaining in its way and contains one really clever situation. But the style is unpleasantly staccato, and the construction leaves a good deal to be desired.”
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LEVERHULME, WILLIAM HESKETH LEVER, 1st baron. Six-hour shift and industrial efficiency. *$3.50 (4c) Holt 331
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The book is the American edition of the author’s “Six-hour day,” abridged and rearranged by Frank Tannenbaum, with an introduction by Henry R. Seager. Lord Leverhulme’s remedies for the defects of modern industry are based on actual experience and are summed up in the word co-partnership. He looks upon the employer as the senior partner in an industry and the employees as the junior partners, with the confidence that under such wisely planned leadership complete cooperation will gradually result. Contents: The problem of industrial efficiency; The six-hour shift; Harmonizing capital and labor; Co-partnership; Co-partnership and business management; Co-partnership and efficiency; Co-operative aspect of business; Health and housing; Shop committees and shop efficiency; Industrial administration; The workers’ interest in productivity; Principles of reconstruction; Socialism, or equality vs. equity. There is an index.
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