Increasing Human Efficiency in Business / A Contribution to the Psychology of Business

The author applies early industrial psychology to practical ways of raising workplace productivity, arguing that social and mental factors—imitation, competition, loyalty, concentration, pay, pleasure, play, relaxation, practice, judgment and habit—can be shaped to improve performance. Each chapter examines one lever, combining theoretical discussion with examples of incentive schemes, organized contests, publicity, and training to show how incentives and organization alter motivation and skill. The final chapters treat the rate of improvement, integration of practice with theory, and methods for turning experience into reliable judgment and automatic habits that sustain long-term efficiency.