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That's interesting that the 40 hour thing came from OR. Will have to look into that. I'm working on my MS in OR right now. I had always just thought that it was
by mindB 8y ago
That's interesting that the 40 hour thing came from OR. Will have to look into that. I'm working on my MS in OR right now. I had always just thought that it was based on the undeniable fact that work just kind of sucks after 40 hours in a week.
- ggm 8y agoI'm probably over-claiming. Taylorism was around before OR and I suspect most production/work studies were in Taylorism and time-and-motion not OR. The references to OR in Angus Calders book are PMS Blackett and Solly Zuckerman which are more directly related to war/strategy outcomes than production side and labour efficiency. I still recommend reading Calder, but I would take what I said with a pinch of salt. https://books.google.com.au/books?id=aCRuuAXx-WkC&pg=PA397&lpg=PA397&dq=operations+research+overtime+angus+calder&source=bl&ots=uyA9EFAKXj&sig=mlJvNqtPADQnPXhYhRmZsuodVHc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjhtJfSpozdAhVbMt4KHV-MBo4Q6AEwA3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=operational%20research&f=false https://books.google.com.au/books?id=aCRuuAXx-WkC&pg=PA397&l...