Innovative Personnel Practices During WW2: Part One

This video shows innovative personnel practices of a manufacturer during World War II. The firm received much attention in Life Magazine, among other places, in that period for its motivational efforts and success in raising productivity. Such worker benefits as health insurance which it offered were rare at the time. If you thought calling employees "associates" was something that was developed in the 1980s or 1990s, think again. A bonus plan is alluded to, but not really explained. Nonetheless, it is likely that the firm was paying above the market in total compensation. (After the War, despite reference to postwar plans, the company ran into hard times and its innovative programs dissipated. This is Part One.

Technorati: benefits bonus health-insurance manufacturing motivation personnel-practices productivity world-war-ii ww2