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American School and University, 1976
Guides for mail-handling efficiency from the mailroom supervisor at Michigan State University. (MLF)
Descriptors: Automation, Efficiency, Higher Education, Job Simplification
Rehn, Gosta – Universities Quarterly, 1974
Many issues relating to flexibility in working life and to the freer shaping of life generally through new patterns for working time and allied reforms in education, training, vacation and pension systems, are discussed. (Author/PG)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Higher Education, International Education, Job Simplification
Gardner, John C. – American School and University, 1974
Mechanization offers management an increase in production and a decrease in costs. Workers are offered more freedom from routine and dangerous jobs and, in some cases, more money and job upgrading. (Author)
Descriptors: Automation, Cost Effectiveness, Employer Employee Relationship, Job Simplification
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Pierce, Charles H.; Risley, Todd R. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1974
Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) aides were paid on the basis of proportion of tasks completed on a simple checklist of job performance rather than on simply being physically present. This procedure was found to be effective for increasing the level of work performance. (EH)
Descriptors: Job Analysis, Job Simplification, Job Training, Performance Contracts
Peterson, Richard O. – Training and Development Journal, 1976
Human resources development must be oriented toward the achievement of all objectives of organizational performance: Quality, efficiency, societal impact, employee impact. Three fundamental phases in developing a work design strategy (for improving organizational effectiveness) are explained. (BM)
Descriptors: Employment, Human Resources, Job Analysis, Job Simplification
Rosich, John M. – American School and University, 1972
Descriptors: Building Operation, Cost Effectiveness, Job Simplification, Management Systems
Ross, Lynne – Sch Lunch J, 1970
Excerpts from a talk by Mrs. Ross at the 23rd annual convention of the American School Food Service Association in Detroit, August 5, 1969. A book on work simplification by Mrs. Ross will be available in June from the Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa. (Editor)
Descriptors: Food Service, Human Factors Engineering, Job Simplification, Lifting
Dwyer, Michael J., Jr. – American School and University, 1980
The work order, when used properly, provides a lasting record of the work actually accomplished and can be a valuable management tool to determine future budgets, predict equipment failure rate, and provide other important information used in decision making. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Job Simplification
Walker, John – American School & University, 2002
Offers strategies to make schools' cleaning operations run more smoothly. Discusses how to estimate the amount of space that needs cleaning and how long it should take, the benefits of team cleaning versus zone cleaning, and the importance of monitoring complaints and overtime to ensure staff is performing efficiently. (EV)
Descriptors: Cleaning, Custodian Training, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education
Nat Sch, 1969
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Oriented Programs, Equipment Maintenance, Job Simplification
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Matczynski, Thomas; Rogus, Joseph – NASSP Bulletin, 1978
This article contains an efficiency analysis checklist to assist principals to control sources of time loss and to save time when performing routine daily activities and motivational, interpersonal activities. (Author/DS)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Job Analysis
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Gilli, Angelo C., Sr. – Journal of Studies in Technical Careers, 1984
This essay contends that the notion of new jobs created by technological advance is a myth; that in reality the direction is a persistent downgrading of skills and elimination of jobs. The potentially serious effects of these trends on society, and implications for vocational education, are discussed. (JB)
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Emerging Occupations, Employment Patterns, Job Simplification
Watson, Alex M. – Canadian Training Methods, 1972
Describes Canadian courses designed to help managers of sheltered workshops. (SP)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Courses, Job Simplification, Mental Retardation
Samuelson, Howard – Library Journal, 1981
Suggests ways of improving productivity for public libraries faced with increased accountability, dwindling revenues, and continuing inflation. Techniques described include work simplification, work analysis, improved management, and employee motivation. (RAA)
Descriptors: Job Analysis, Job Simplification, Library Administration, Management Development
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Hochstetler, Doug – Physical Educator, 2004
Simplicity, as espoused by American philosopher Henry David Thoreau, is a method of removing unnecessary obstacles, a tangible means to attain a higher life, one of crystallization and transcendence. A complex profession such as coaching stands to greatly benefit from this concept. The purpose of this paper is to apply simplicity to coaching. A…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Athletic Coaches, Self Control, Attention
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