Worker Productivity - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2009
News

Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace

ELY: Drilling down for valuable perspectives on how gender issues affect efficiency, safety, and productivity in the workplace. Field-based research can take HBS faculty members to some unusual places. Professor Robin Ely’s recent working... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

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The Response - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography The Response The Corporate Files Baker Library | Historical Collections | Site Credits | Digital... View Details

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Electrical factory of Moscow - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 next Electrical factory of Moscow ca. 1931 Amtorg Company Photographer... View Details

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The Medium - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography The Medium: Industrial Photography and the Machine Age Baker Library | Historical Collections | Site... View Details

12 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Creating Online Ads We Want to Watch

30-second consumer product advertisements. Out of 28 ads, 14 were chosen because they were decidedly provocative; the researchers expected them to evoke either joy or surprise in the viewers at different points in the brief plot. The... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

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War work–Hudson - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Chapter Images The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 next War work–Hudson ca. 1944 Hudson Motor Cars Photographer unknown Explore... View Details

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Filling and labeling cocoa cans - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 next Filling and labeling cocoa cans ca. 1934 Hershey Chocolate Corporation... View Details

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Letter from Frank C. Ayres to W. J. Filbert, U.S. Steel Corporation - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 next Letter from Frank C. Ayres to W. J. Filbert, U.S. Steel Corporation... View Details

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Removing pulp and beans from cacao pods - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 next Removing pulp and beans from cacao pods ca. 1934 Hershey Chocolate... View Details

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Flying shear - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 next Flying shear ca. 1932 Carnegie-Illinois... View Details

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Electroplating - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 next Electroplating ca. 1934 International Silver Compnay Attributed to... View Details

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Blasting bodies to a base - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 next Blasting bodies to a base ca. 1933 Packard Motor Company... View Details

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Guiding strip into the coiler - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 next Guiding strip into the coiler ca. 1932... View Details

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The Message - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Chapter Images The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography The Message: Confidence in Corporate America Baker Library | Historical Collections | Site... View Details

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Hand needle-work - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Production The Worker Chapter Introduction Chapter Images The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 next Hand needle-work ca. 1935 A. Nash Company Photographer unknown Another of the many fine... View Details

05 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss

As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

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Boston Manufacturing Company Records | Baker Library

be known as the Waltham system. The Boston Manufacturing Company records contain administrative material, financial records, correspondence, and labor and production records of the Waltham-based textile firm founded in Waltham,... View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

Terence P. Stewart

Our experience shows, however, that if that sector is provided breathing room for a period of time and is well managed, it can recover and become strong." Stewart cites his firm's representation of companies or workers in four industries... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

Student-Profile

Hummy Song

and the productivity of the health care workforce. I am currently working on several projects that examine various operational and organizational factors that may affect worker View Details

01 Dec 2006
News

Baker Library Photo Exhibit

Bourke-White and Lewis Hine, were meant to instill confidence in corporate America. Photos in the exhibit are drawn from more than 2,100 photographs from 115 businesses that were gathered in the 1930s. The intent was to supplement HBS classroom instruction in... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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