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Bass Business History - Western Electric Hawthorne Papers
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    • Relation of Coversation Volume to Production

    • Relation of Coversation Volume to Production

    • 1933

    • Interviews with the relay assembly test room operators to find out why there was low inspection efficiency. The observer concluded that talking did not delay production, but probably decreased concentration. The group had the tendency to go fast...

    • Box 5, Folder 1
    • Presentations by Pennock, Putnam, Melsheimer Rice and Davidson

    • Presentations by Pennock, Putnam, Melsheimer Rice and Davidson

    • 1928-1930

    • Various speeches and presentations regarding the experiment in the Inspection Branch. The original study was to see the effect of lighting on the operators, which was found to be negligible. What they did find is that the production in the test...

    • Box 8, Folder 5
    • Interviews with Group Chiefs at the Inspection Branch

    • Interviews with Group Chiefs at the Inspection Branch

    • 1928

    • Transcripts of interviews with supervisors regarding the employee interview process, working conditions and supervisor training. Also included are newspaper clippings pertaining to new management and layoffs. Some handwritten notes are included as...

    • Box 9, Folder 1
    • Report on Investigation of Employee Comments: Inspection Branch

    • Report on Investigation of Employee Comments: Inspection Branch

    • 1929

    • Report addressing complaints made in the interviews with operating branch employees. Individual complaints are addressed, and sorted by categories concerning both working conditions and the job itself. Recommendations for further analysis are...

    • Box 14, Folder 2
    • Employee Relations Development Study

    • Employee Relations Development Study

    • 1929

    • Report concerning the employee interview program conducted by Hawthorne Works Inspection Branch. Included are the plans for the study with purpose and procedure. Also contained is a summary outline, and interviews with representative employees...

    • Box 14, Folder 3
    • Plan for Improving Employee Relations

    • Plan for Improving Employee Relations

    • 1924-1930

    • Interview method, analysis, and development of training began in the Inspection Branch, moved to the Operating Branch, and in January 1930 throughout the Works. A December 1929 pamphlet titled A Plan for Improving Employee Relations was printed. ...

    • Box 17, Folder 9
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