Work Study: Volume 12 Issue 11
Table of contents
Healing the Rift
When Frederick W. Taylor separated planning from doing in industry 50 years ago it was inevitable that a great gulf should open between workers and managers. Since that day…
GENERAL MANAGEMENT, AN OUTLINE CODE
Victor SmithVery, very slowly managers are beginning to realise the infinite complexity of their jobs and with this realisation has come a loss of self‐confidence. So writes Stephen Aris…
STORAGE AND DESPATCH AT ALFRED HERBERT LTD.
The maintenance of an economic and high rate of production in industry depends to a large extent upon the ready availability of consumable cutting tools, small tools, production…
How to Succeed in Business by Really Trying
R.R. CasebyEntrepreneurs were the risk takers who drove enterprises forward and accelerated innovation to its present rate.
Methods of Deception
Gordon MackayA time study engineer is occasionally faced with the problem of operators attempting deception for the purpose of trying to obtain loose rates on jobs. Considerable ingenuity is…
Work Study and Design in Hospitals
P.J. TorrieI wish to make three points at the start of this talk. Firstly the views expressed are generally my own and are not necessarily those held by hospital authorities. Secondly, I…
The Contribution of Management and Man to Higher Productivity in Great Britain
S.J. Noel‐BrownIn Great Britain today National Productivity Year is drawing to a close; launched in November 1962 by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, its purpose was well advertised in public…