Normalization of work and research of working time costs: forgotten categories of economic science

The rational use of resources is critical for the effective development of enterprises. With the country's transition to market economy, the interest of managers in using working time as an important production resource has decreased. The reason is that in the course of market reforms, the services of scientific organization of labor and work measurement solving these tasks in Russian enterprises were eliminated. At the newly created enterprises the services did not appear at all. As a result, a whole block of tasks, the solution of which determined a high level of production efficiency, fell out of the functional structure of production management. After more than a quarter of a century after the start of reforms, many managers of private enterprises began to realize the need for accounting and analysis of working time expenditures. The appropriate educational and scientific institutions began to receive applications for such research. The article presents the results of one of such studies conducted at a private enterprise. In addition to the recommendations that are typical for such studies, the authors came to the conclusion that it is necessary to revitalize the system of accounting and analysis of working time, organization and rationing of labor using available methods and means at Russian enterprises. A brief background of the origin and development of the concept of scientific organization of labor is given in the article. Applicable methods for research of working time expenditures are outlined. Furthermore, the ways to improve them taking into account the requirements of market economy and the principles of labor humanization are suggested.

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