Occupational Psychology, Volume 2British Psychological Society, 1925 - Industrial efficiency List of members of the National Institute of Industrial Psychology in v. 2-5; annual report in v. 1-11. |
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A. V. HILL ability advertisement applied apprentices ARTHUR GREENWOOD average B.Sc breakages Burt candidate carried cent Committee correlation course Cyril Burt D.Sc Debenham Director Earl of Balfour economic Education effect efficiency employed employers engineering examination experience factory Fatigue Research Board firm foreman G. H. MILES girls given group tests human important improved increase individual Industrial Fatigue Research Industrial Psychology Institute of Industrial Institute's investigators intelligence tests interest Journal L. L. Thurstone laboratory Librarian London County Council machine material ment mental methods Miss movement National Institute observation obtained occupations operation organisation output Physiology practical problems Professor psychological tests radiant heat realise Report rest pauses Robert Witt Sc.D scientific Secretary Sir Robert standard tion trade unionism University of London vocational guidance Vocational Section vocational selection vocational tests wages weavers week workers
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Page 208 - ... the floor supervisor down should rest as they had been instructed to do. There was some difficulty in securing the requisite amount of floor space for approximately 40 men to lie down by their machines and in securing sufficient sacking to provide for their comfort. With the exception of the president himself, there were few who believed that this drastic alteration of method could result in increased production. The men themselves believed that 40 minutes lost by 40 men per day during a whole...
Page 208 - In the month of May and thereafter, the president ordered a return to the system of alternating rest periods, with this important difference that each group of three men in an alley was to determine for itself the method of alternation, the understanding being that every worker was to have four such rest periods daily and regularly. In the month of May, the average efficiency of man-hour production was 80%%.
Page 220 - A Study in Vocational Guidance, carried out by the Industrial Fatigue Research Board and the National Institute of Industrial Psychology.
Page 207 - ... proportion of their working time was to be given up to rest. We pointed out that they took the rest, whether it was given them or not. We were asking that a less proportion should be thus allotted, but that it should be done systematically. Furthermore, we were able to claim that the whole rest period system had never had a fair trial. In other words, it had not been possible for a worker to know as he entered the factory in the morning that he was assured of his four rests in the day. In order...
Page 207 - ... March there had been a recrudescence of absenteeism, an ill that had notably diminished in the October to February period. This meant that the men were taking their rest periods in the form of "missed" days, a proceeding that did not greatly remedy their condition and that produced chaos in the plant. We put it therefore that the question was not whether a certain proportion of their working time was to be given up to rest. We pointed out that they took the rest, whether it was given them or...
Page 205 - ... actual uninterrupted work period thus diminished in morning and afternoon. In these rest periods the workers were permitted to lie down; we instructed them in the best methods of securing the maximum of muscular relaxation. We encouraged them to sleep for 10 minutes and most of them were able to do so. We began with one team of piecers, about one-third of the total number, and the results were encouraging from the outset. The men themselves were pleased and interested; they speedily adopted the...
Page 207 - His military service had taught him two important things — one, to care for his men, and, two, not to be afraid of making decisions. He called a conference in his office to discuss the remarkable diminution from 80% to 70% in the department's productive efficiency. We were able to point out that in March there had been a recrudescence of absenteeism, an ill that had notably diminished in the October to February period. This meant that the men were taking their rest periods in the form of "missed"...
Page 162 - It would seem that at lower temperatures the line representing this relation must become concave upward, and it is hoped that in the near future it will be possible to carry out some experiments on this equilibrium below 1000 degrees, to test this point.
Page 219 - ... particular school subjects, such as reading and arithmetic, elaborated by actual experiment and statistical evaluation. (iii) Such vocational tests, including tests of manual ability, as are suitable for application in schools and educational institutions. (iv) Tests of mental activities of a specialised kind, eg, tests of memory, perception, attention, imagery, association. (v) Certain physical tests which have been suggested as a means of assessing educable capacity. (vi) Tests of such aspects...
Page 32 - ... correct' movements (assuming these to be ultimately valuable). 5. It seems probable that a high quality of work can be obtained finally, without insisting on a high quality constantly throughout the learning process.