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    • Effects of Fatigue on Workers Production

    • Effects of Fatigue on Workers Production

    • 1929

    • Included in this group are tables of vascular skin reaction readings as a measurement of fatigue. There is also an abstract of chapter 5, concerning the physiology and psychology of fatigue, from Edgar James Swifts book Psychology and the days...

    • Box 2, Folder 3
    • Case histories: relay assembly test room operators

    • Case histories: relay assembly test room operators

    • 1927-1929

    • Case histories of the five operators and layout operators of the relay assembly test room. The histories are forms covering the test subjects family connections, personal qualities, home and community environment, and work history. Following these...

    • Box 3, Folder 5
    • Output data relay assembly group no. 2

    • Output data relay assembly group no. 2

    • 1928-1929

    • Raw production and earnings data on an hourly basis for assembly group two with information on climate. Tables with weekly and monthy averages are included. Some handwritten notes are included, adding context to the figures.

    • Box 3, Folder 11
    • Case Study of Removed Case Worker

    • Case Study of Removed Case Worker

    • 1927

    • Case study of a relay assembly test room operator who was taken off the study because of her antagonistic attitude. The change in her behavior could be due to her poor health condition, perhaps anemia. Included are some of her health statistics...

    • Box 5, Folder 2
    • Report on Bank Wiring Test Group

    • Report on Bank Wiring Test Group

    • November 1931-March 1932

    • Report and its supplement on the bank wiring test room group. The document reports the progress made in the Bank Wiring Test Room and provides some tangible basis for a critical evaluation of the research program

    • Box 7, Folder 3
    • 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
    • The Human Factor in Industry

    • The Human Factor in Industry

    • 1931

    • Typewritten report by R. D. Gross written in July 1931. This paper discusses the different experiments conducted at Hawthorne, some of the resulting data that was collected, and analyzes how it might be used.

    • Box 11, Folder 5
    • Study of Employee Reaction to Shortened Working Week

    • Study of Employee Reaction to Shortened Working Week

    • August 1931

    • Report compiling data gathered from employee comments on standard hours and steady work during interviews held from 1929-1931. It also includes some information about home conditions which was collected during 1930-1931 and then grouped by mental...

    • Box 12, Folder 2
    • Personnel Counseling Activity

    • Personnel Counseling Activity

    • November 1949

    • Report describing multiple cases where the counselor was able to interview employees who were undergoing stressful situations, some of a personal nature, some related to their jobs, and how the counselor was able to lessen tensions and enable the...

    • Box 16, Folder 8
    • Personnel Counseling Methods

    • Personnel Counseling Methods

    • Unknown

    • Report discussing some of the characteristics of a good counselor and his use of the interview as a tool to adjust the employees thoughts and emotions

    • Box 16, Folder 10
    • Effects of Test Results on Supervisor Training

    • Effects of Test Results on Supervisor Training

    • 1931

    • G.A. Pennock wrote Some Thoughts in Connection with Work in Industrial Research Division. The test room had an outstanding increase in production, due to removal of fear and suspicion on part of employees and increase in morale. This raised the...

    • Box 17, Folder 7
    • 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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