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- BFI identifier326798
- Date1946 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
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- SynopsisTime-and-motion study applied to office routines. Beginning with a rather dull lecture technique, the film proceeds to demonstrations and then becomes informat ive and fascinating. The demonstrations are based on experience acquired by the sponsor in its own office s; they show faulty layouts and equipment and then the new methods and designs introduced. Recommended for all who work in an office, and for factory people, too. (Synopsis) How work simplification and motion studies increased productivity in industry, following developments pioneered in the United States, and how this enabled "unskilled" women to come into industry during wartime. Work was made increasingly simple and fatigue of staff is reduced, whilst improving quality and output. These methods are now applied to clerical tasks. Changes in industry have also led to increased paperwork, statistics and forms which can be approached by work simplification methods. Layout of departments; small improvements in repetitive work with many examples from stapling paper, sorting desk-space and filing. (NFA Catalogue)
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Work Simplification Applied to Clerical Operations (Original)
Category
Non Fiction- Collections
- Film / Video
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- +Work Simplification Applied to Clerical Operations
Work - 326798 - 1946 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Non Fiction
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