GILBRETH, Frank B.

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Motion Study. A Method for Increasing the Efficiency of the Workman. First edition of this pioneering study, which researches unnecessary movements made by manual labourers during repetitive work. This book focuses on efficiency in masonry, the industry in which Gilbreth began his career. Gilbreth and his wife, the psychoanalyst Lillian Gilbreth, who also worked in the field of motion control, sought improvements that would benefit workers directly. In contrast, Frederick Winslow Taylor, Gilbreth's long-term colleague, sought to increase speed and profit for firms through motion control studies. A British issue was published simultaneously.

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