Annual Proceedings: Addresses, Reports, Bibliographies and Discussions, Volume 5order of the Convention, 1917 - Business education Vol. 1 includes proceedings of the organizing convention, New York, Jan. 24, 1913. |
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... various members of the Executive Com- mittee , we felt that the most patriotic thing we could do , the most useful thing we could do , for the country at this time , was not to change our program , because for every man at the front ...
... various members of the Executive Com- mittee , we felt that the most patriotic thing we could do , the most useful thing we could do , for the country at this time , was not to change our program , because for every man at the front ...
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... various in- dustries . A. Definition of the Word Turnover . Turnover is the change in the personnel of any working force , whether of the office or factory , whether skilled or unskilled , that is brought about by hiring and terminating ...
... various in- dustries . A. Definition of the Word Turnover . Turnover is the change in the personnel of any working force , whether of the office or factory , whether skilled or unskilled , that is brought about by hiring and terminating ...
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... various positions . It is obvious that the cost of replacement will be greater when accustomed hands are lost from positions requiring a long period of apprenticeship before an employe can attain the expected efficiency . With this in ...
... various positions . It is obvious that the cost of replacement will be greater when accustomed hands are lost from positions requiring a long period of apprenticeship before an employe can attain the expected efficiency . With this in ...
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... various factory positions , which do not require a long period of training , and from which they can be promoted to good advantage into clerical positions . A record of the applicants ' preference for clerical work is kept in the ...
... various factory positions , which do not require a long period of training , and from which they can be promoted to good advantage into clerical positions . A record of the applicants ' preference for clerical work is kept in the ...
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... various departments to keep us fully abreast of the times in all branches of research work , especially in the development of steel . We have a cost system in our factory that was installed at the expense of thousands of dollars , and ...
... various departments to keep us fully abreast of the times in all branches of research work , especially in the development of steel . We have a cost system in our factory that was installed at the expense of thousands of dollars , and ...
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Page 40 - OFFICERS 1. The President of the Association shall preside at all meetings of the Association and of the Executive Committee, and in consultation with the Program Committee, shall prepare the programs for the annual meetings.
Page 86 - During the period when men were so hard to get we tried to analyze the cause for men either not hiring with us or not staying with us and the employment department made the following report as to one of the contributing causes, viz: "Our work from its very nature is hard and laborious, tiring men out, compared with work in the average factory. "We figure that in order to hold our men, and make our plant attractive to new men it is necessary to reduce our week from 57J hours to 52J hours, with no...
Page 87 - ... raise before we are compelled to." This is the department that increased production 18.4 per cent. with five hours per week less running time, and last month had the largest production in the last three years. . . . Transfers in the factory had never been attempted. If a man did not suit his foreman, he was fired and no questions asked. Now we look into unsatisfactory cases, try to find the cause, remedy it if we can, and if we can't, try to locate the unsatisfactory man in another department.
Page 40 - Executive Committee and shall perform such other duties as may be provided for in this Constitution or by vote of the Association.
Page 89 - If a man did not suit his foreman, he was fired and no questions asked. "Now we look into unsatisfactory cases, try to find the causes, remedy them if we can, and if we can't, try to locate the unsatisfactory man in another department. "Just a few cases of what we have done: We have one young man of undoubted ability, good personality, pleasant, and obliging. He became a regular Monday absentee, took all that was said to him as a reprimand with a lackadaisical air, and had evidently lost his 'pep.
Page 313 - If it occurs suddenly, the sufferer believes his hernia was caused then and there, but, as a matter of fact, the extrusion of bowel or omentum and its entrance into the sac, are but the last of a long series of antecedent and preparatory changes.
Page 95 - ... Hiring does not vary in this way. B. Instruction usually is limited to an arbitrary time — two or three days. C. The new worker probably requires around three months to get familiar with machine in all respects, although this estimate remains to be proved. D. Up to probably four weeks the new employee improves rapidly. It takes him probably six months to "hit his best stride.