Word: turnoveritis
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*Items: a hat collection which fluctuates be tween 140 and 400 with a complete annual turnover; five furs; 20 cloth coats, 150 pairs of shoes, 40 evening dresses, 75 blouses, 25 daytime dresses, 18 cocktail dresses, ten miscellaneous dresses, uncounted suits. "I do not like dresses," she says. "I live...
Following an investigation in nearly all the major aircraft plants of Southern California, the report features contributions by Professors Elton Mayo, George F. F. Lombard, John B. Fox, and Jerome F. Scott. While the men concede that the financial loss in labor turnover and absenteeism resulting from neglect of worker...
"Although it is clearly evident," the study stated, "that the pressure for production and constant changes of schedule which reached a peak in the aircraft industry during the years 1942 and 1943 made impossible the organization of operations which must be the basis of teamwork, the conclusions of our study...
Workers themselves have a persistent desire for active association in teamwork with others, the report shows, but if that deep-seated feeling is stified, it will take the form of exaggerated absenteeism and labor turnover. Management by its inattention to the organization of teamwork in the factory is in a...
"Something of this was immediately reflected in the first approach to study of the situation in Southern California," the study continues. "Everywhere the need for the best in applied science and technical skill was fully understood, the chief handicap being a shortage of technically competent workmen. And it all points...