Work Study: Volume 40 Issue 4
Table of contents
Information‐sharing Service Helps Beat Bad Debt Problem
M. SmithExamines the problem of bad debt and how it was solved by themobile communications industry. Discusses the factors responsible forthe high level of bad debt in the industry, such…
Secretarial Services Improvement
E. WildeDiscusses the findings of a project undertaken to propose aninterim scheme to bridge the gap between largely manual secretarial workand a more technologized approach. Considers…
Space: Parkinson’s Law is Alive and Well and Living in a Warehouse!
W. BoardmanDiscusses the principle of Parkinson′s Law – “Stockexpands to fill the storage space available” – as it appliesto space utilization in industrial warehousing. Compares the poor…
Computer‐aided Workplace Design
A. RauofPresents the results of some recent studies undertaken to discoverthe effect of various factors on basic motions by conducting laboratoryexperiments, and the models derived from…
Keeping up with New Technology
I. Moch, B.H. KleinerConsiders the need for company managers to maintain awareness oftechnological innovation in order to remain competitive in internationalmarkets. Examines several areas in which…