From 6dce04f44941a61b363576b080d276634f2e2736 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Valeria Graziano Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 04:16:03 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] !publish! --- content/factor/americandepartment.md | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/factor/americandepartment.md b/content/factor/americandepartment.md index 3e4ec26..66c6aa7 100644 --- a/content/factor/americandepartment.md +++ b/content/factor/americandepartment.md @@ -3,15 +3,17 @@ title="The American department" has_items=["donatatravascio.md", "rubinimartinelli.md", "shakecatena.md"] +++ +# Factor 1: Scientific management + +This section collects fragments on the history of managerial techniques known as 'scientific management' and the circumstances that lead to the introduction of MTM (Methods-Time Measurement) in Italy. - -# The “American department”: MTM Method at Lebole +# The story from which we start: the “American department” at Lebole ![](static/images/Debole_Operaie_Robot.jpg) -Lebole was and still is a clothing factory based in the Arezzo province, Tuscany, that became famous in the 1960s for a TV slogan advertising its men’s suits that recited “Ho un debole per l’uomo in Lebole”, translatable in English, albeit losing the rhyming of the original, with “I have a soft spot for men wearing Lebole”. +Lebole became famous in the 1960s for a TV slogan advertising its men’s suits that recited “Ho un debole per l’uomo in Lebole”, translatable in English, albeit losing the rhyming of the original, with “I have a soft spot for men wearing Lebole”. Aside from its successful promotional campaigns, the Arezzo plant, opened in 1962 in a 75.000 square meters pavilion, is also famous within the history of Italian labour struggles for being amongs the first to introduce MTM (Methods-Time Measurement) methodologies imported from the US. @@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ MTM was first implemented in 1964 in only one of the three Lebole's industrial p -In this section, we look into the history of managerial techniques and the historical circumstances that lead to the introduction of MTM at Lebole. + ![](static/images/metodo_americano_1.png)