Employment Management and Safety Engineering; A Practical Reading Course in Modern Employment Management and Safety Measures Based Upon a Personal Sur (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... or accounting department; for there is a distinct connection between the employment department and the routing of material or the distributing of products. HOW DATA ARE COMPILED Sources of Statistics. Perhaps the best way to illustrate how data are compiled and charts worked out is to explain the source and use of the statistics upon which the very important labor turnover charts are based. In our detailed discussion of this subject we employ a chart, Fig. 25, showing Reasons why 525 men left our employ." The statistics graphically presented by this chart were obtained from the "Interviewer's Daily Report," Fig. 26, made use of by the adjustment department of the employment department. 0 The report is self-explanatory, and the data thereon are obtained by going over at the end of each day certain report forms, namely, Quit Slip," Discharge Slip," and "Transfer Slip." The Quit Slip," Fig. 27, really furnishes the data for this report. The data used in compiling the chart showing Annual Labor Turnover," Fig. 28, were obtained from the monthly labor turnover reports shown in Figs. 29 and 30. The statistics contained in this report are collected by means of departmental reports from the various departments listed in the earlier part of this chapter. Fig. 29 is a typical form used by E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, Delaware, in one of their large plants, and presents at a single glance the monthly labor turnover of this plant by departments. The forms reproduced in Figs. 3 and 32 were used by the writer for keeping records of the turnover at Hog Island by departments, and for the entire plant. Summary blanks are given on the back of each form....