Telephone conversations between Dr. James G. Hunt and Professor Arthur G. Bedeian with his class of Ph. D. students in which the students asked Dr. Hunt questions and he responded.
Telephone conversations between Dr. James G. Hunt and Professor Arthur G. Bedeian with his class of Ph. D. students in which the students asked Dr. Hunt questions and he responded.
Telephone conversations between Dr. James G. Hunt and Professor Arthur G. Bedeian with his class of Ph. D. students in which the students asked Dr. Hunt questions and he responded.
Telephone conversations between Dr. James G. Hunt and Professor Arthur G. Bedeian with his class of Ph. D. students in which the students asked Dr. Hunt questions and he responded.
Telephone conversations between Dr. James G. Hunt and Professor Arthur G. Bedeian with his class of Ph. D. students in which the students asked Dr. Hunt questions and he responded.
Telephone conversations between Dr. James G. Hunt and Professor Arthur G. Bedeian with his class of Ph. D. students in which the students asked Dr. Hunt questions and he responded.
Telephone conversations between Dr. James G. Hunt and Professor Arthur G. Bedeian with his class of Ph. D. students in which the students asked Dr. Hunt questions and he responded.
Describes the results of the test began April 25, 1927, concerning the effect of rest periods on the productivity of six girls who performed relay assembly work. These six participants were moved into the test room and their productivity was...
Describes the purpose of the study of the six relay assembly employees as a test to determine if rest periods and rest periods accompanied with shorter working hours improved worker efficiency. The report duplicates Progress Report No. 1 by...
Duplicates Progress Report No. 1 and 2 with the addition of a health questionnaire, notes on the physical examinations of each of the test employees, and a discussion about output increases when work shortened to 4:00 p.m. and then returned to 5:00...
Discusses the increase of productivity in the test room. Productivity increased when the workday was shortened. Lower production on Monday and Saturday was thought to be due to mental preoccupation in the majority of cases, not cumulative...
Unfinished rough draft that concentrates on determining under what conditions people perform their best work. Records were kept of each test employees amount of sleep, diet, attendance, comments, physical examinations, and earnings. The temperature...
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...
Letter from Elton Mayo to Mr. M.K. Stevenson regarding the results of taking blood pressure and pulse measurements of the workers as a measurement of fatigue. This was to ascertain if rest periods had any effect on the fatigue of workers.
Study of the workers reactions to a five-day workweek with standard hours versus a five and one-half day workweek with shorter days. Workers unanimously preferred the five-day workweek with Saturday morning off. Also included is the study that...
Raw data regarding the effect of rest break variations on the daily output of 5 mica-splitting operators was measured over a 37-week period in 1928. Included are tables of the average accumulated totals, charts of output, and daily output logs for...
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...
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...
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. ...
Several reports, memoranda, and letters. It includes two copies of a preliminary report concerning the experiment in personnel counseling by which Personnel Man would interview employees and supervisors in an attempt to find problems in his...
Bill No. 15. A resolution that council take a recess until November 14, 1905 and that this shall take effect from Saturday ten o'clock A.M., October 28, 1905. Passed and approved October 24, 1905.