Better Foremanship, a Practical Training Course Volume 13-18 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ...number follows the question. In case you desire further explanation or information write the School, giving number of lesson and question. 1. After the men have been hired and trained, what is the hardest problem of all? ( 1) 2. Why is a heavy labor turnover always a large economic waste? ( 2) 3. Why must each plant necessarily work out its own labor problem? ( 3) 4. What part does the well-informed foreman play in formulating plant policies? ( 4) 5. What is the relation of labor turnover to service features? ( 5) 6. How has decreased labor turnover been overplayed as a basis of industrial relations work? ( 5) 7. Is it possible to entirely eliminate labor turnover? ( 6) 8. Call to mind four main lines along which the labor problem must be solved. ( 7) 9. Is it wise to retain incompetent help rather than increase the labor turnover? ( 8) 10. Why do physical conditions become more important as the factory unit increases in size? ( 9) 11. Why do the foreman's responsibilities extend into the engineering technic of the plant? ( 10) FACTORS DIRECTLY AFFECTING WORK LIGHTING 11. Problem of old buildings The relation of good light to good work is today pretty well understood, but unfortunately many factories have yet to take advantage of the good lighting that modern inventions have made possible. For one thing, many factories are housed in old plants that do not afford sufficient window space to give good illumination during the day nor adequate ceiling elevation to permit good illumination by artificial light. The lack of window space cannot be avoided except by remodeling the building, which is often too expensive a proposition to warrant consideration. A great deal can be done, under such conditions, by...