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Comments on Standard Times and the Division of Labor

By: Roy D. Shapiro
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Abstract

A brief note on the origins and uses of standard times in production process flow diagrams and on the benefits and drawbacks of division of labor. A rewritten version of two earlier notes.

Keywords

Labor; Management Practices and Processes; Standards; Production

Citation

Shapiro, Roy D. "Comments on Standard Times and the Division of Labor." Harvard Business School Background Note 600-013, July 1999.
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