A design and implementation plan for a key-punch unit management system incorporating a variable incentive wage rate based on individual productivity
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Authors
Danforth, Lawrence Leo
Subjects
Incentives
Motivation
Personnel management
Participative management
Salary administration
Data processing - personnel
Personnel - data processing
Motivation
Personnel management
Participative management
Salary administration
Data processing - personnel
Personnel - data processing
Advisors
Musgrave, Gerald L.
Date of Issue
1972-12
Date
December 1972
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
This thesis offers a method to reduce keypunch costs by increasing the marginal physical product of keypunch labor and machinery. The marginal product of labor is increased through (1) job enrichment, meaningful employee counseling, and motivational techniques, (2) an incentive plan that rewards productive employees wit higher wages or more leisure hours that is based on a Procedure-Time Model which is mathematically predetermined, but adjusted based on actual production, and (3) workspace environmental improvements designed to prevent working conditions from inhibiting the motivational and technological changes. The marginal physical product of machinery is increased through matching workload requirements to various hardware configurations with detailed emphasis on keydisk hardware specifications and operational experiences. The thesis includes the procedures and computer programs necessary for implementation and the production reports and attitude questionnaires necessary to measure the degree to which implementation has been successful.
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Thesis
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Department
Department of Operations Research and Administrative Sciences
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.