Work Study: Volume 34 Issue 5
Table of contents
A Battle Lost
Angus DownieAfter a year long battle against superior forces Arthur Scargill who did not admit to defeat, marshalled his men and with banners flying and bands playing led his miners back to…
Funny Money: Exchange rates do not affect local inhabitants
Bill WalshWhen we start to worry about the pound dollar exchange rate and maybe to think that there is something awe inspiring about ‘parity’ (ie $1 exchanging for £1) — we might just…
Make or Buy:Factors Relevant to Decision Making
Harry DugdaleProfit forecasts should be achievable targets. Not only must they project a level and mix of sales for the forthcoming financial year, at competitive prices, but the output…
Beating a big problem
This powerful high‐pressure hydraulic torque wrench, produced and marketed by Enerpac, represents a major advance in power tooling for maintenance engineers in the basic…
An Approach to Employee Motivation
Edwin WildeSome individuals are strongly motivated by personal pride in their achievements. A school teacher, for example, may feel a special glow of satisfaction when, through his or her…
Taking the Strain Management's dangers at work
R.G. WoodcockMany jobs and professions have their trade diseases — the teacher's nervous breakdown, the miner's silicosis and, at least in popular mythology, the policeman's flat feet. If…
Improving the Innovation Process
K.J. ShoneThere are two distinct kinds of innovation. In one we know what has to be done: perhaps to invest in new machinery or computers, or to implement new systems and policies or to…