Work Study: Volume 41 Issue 6
Table of contents
How to reduce organizational turnover and absenteeism
James M. Levin, Brian H. KleinerIdentifies some of the background costs and causes of turnovers andabsenteeism in business organizations. Argues that the primary functionof the manager in the control of turnover…
Selection or rejection? That is the question
E. Arthur JenningsConsiders the future, when organizations will have to pay muchcloser attention to their policies on selection and rejection ofemployees and on training and retraining.
A dark side of productivity improvement techniques
Larry D. Brandon, R. Anthony InmanExamines the trend in productivity improvement and the concurrentincrease in stress‐related incapacity. Hypothesises a possibleconnection between productivity improvement…
Video‐based business support services
John LynchIdentifies and gives an initial evaluation of new approaches toproviding video‐based and video‐related services for training.Demonstrates how video services can be provided by…
Establishing a productivity mission
Ken GregsonExamines the organizational mission statement and its function inimplementing a productivity improvement programme. Reveals a number ofmanagement systems and procedures and…