Work Study: Volume 35 Issue 5
Table of contents
In place of strife
Angus DownieIn place of strife was the heading for a piece of legislation blueprinted in the Wilson government but never put into effect. They got cold feet from fear of political…
Training managers in China: British University accepts challenge
Manchester Business School's Language Learning Centre has beaten competition from all over Europe in gaining a second contract to supply training to some of China's future top…
How goes the time? asks desperately, Muriel Baker
However well trained you may be in Organisation and Methods, or Office Management, it all goes haywire when it is a farm office you are working in and lambs need to be fed or the…
How to achieve targets: 2 Audit in a Consultancy
Hugh O'NeillThe organisation provided financial and general consultancy services to The City and to industry. In size and coverage it was outside the ‘top ten’ and had a total staff of 115…
Electro‐Magnetic Compatibility: The problem of the future that needs solving today
With the swift and almost universal emergence of electronic controls and equipment pervading all industry, a subject that has come very much to the fore over recent months is…
Preparing for the worst: Flexibility is the Key
G.P. GallinuleWhilst leaving work the other day I noticed the headlines on a piece of newspaper trampled into the wet concrete: ‘HOLIDAYS CRISIS’. During the next ten minutes several hundred…
Quick response rescue: Traffic accidents quickly cleared
Personal injuries and traffic hold‐ups caused by such incidents as crashes, collisions, fires and falling trees demand fast action by medical and emergency rescue teams. Given the…
How to handle cutbacks — 1: Aspects of costing
D.P. DipperIt is a question of vital importance whether the current recession involving high unemployment, reduced profits and inflating costs is a mere interlude, one link in the chain of…
Part‐time working An expanding trend
The news that close on 20% of all workers in the United Kingdom are currently working on a part‐time basis should come as no surprise to any who are intimately concerned with…