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9000 ton forging press making a forged steel pressure vessel - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Production Chapter Introduction Chapter Images The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 next 9000 ton forging press making a forged steel pressure vessel ca. 1935 Midvale Compary John Mudd... View Details

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Taking temp during pouring - 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 Taking temp during pouring ca. 1932... View Details

01 Jul 2021
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Readers Ask: Which Companies Are Transforming Work?

almost always created by entrepreneurs and technologists in response to a shortage of workers or in response to a lack of productivity in the current work processes. However, automation also creates new... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail; Manufacturing

12 Mar 2024
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IFC India: Electric Mobility in India

electric scooter We were lucky enough to see both their production lines for how they manufactured their batteries and their vehicles. It was incredible to see the standards they set for the workers and the... View Details

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

The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography The Request: Genesis of the Collection The guiding purpose . . . of the collection of industrial... View Details

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Texaco: A Picture Story - 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 Texaco: A Picture Story The Texas Company, 1930 Photographer unknown... View Details

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Donald Hills Davenport - 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 Donald Hills Davenport 1935 Photographer unknown Explore the full size... View Details

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Interior of packing house - The Request - 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 Interior of Packing House ca. 1933 California Fruit Growers Exchange... View Details

22 Jan 2018
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Why You Are Unhappy at Work

importance of being supportive. Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers A productive workplace can be easily disrupted by one unruly employee. Here's what companies can do to detox the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Delivered by fast service cars - 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 Delivered by fast service cars ca. 1933... View Details

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Makers of the nation’s telephones - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Production The Worker The Audience Chapter Introduction Chapter Images Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 next Makers of the Nations Telephone “Western Electric News,” March 1924 Photograph by Lewis Hine Explore... View Details

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The House of Kraft - 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 The House of Kraft Kraft-Phenix Cheese... View Details

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A cotton warper - 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 A cotton warper ca. 1933 Shelton Looms Lewis Hine Explore the full size image A cotton warper ,... View Details

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General Electric distribution transformer - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Introduction Chapter Images The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 next General Electric distribution transformer ca. 1933 General Electric Company Underwood and Underwood... 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 previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 next Automobile fenders ca. 1939 Pontiac Motors Division Photographer... View Details

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Belting the tines - 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 Belting the tines ca. 1934 International Silver Company Attributed... View Details

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First helper at an open hearth furnace - 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 First helper at an open hearth furnace ca. 1935 Midvale Company John... View Details

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Science out into the open - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Production Chapter Introduction Chapter Images The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 next Science out into the open ca. 1941 Chrysler Corporation Photographer unknown Science out into the... View Details

01 Jan 2005
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Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964

Changes in employee management and training had an enormous impact. It took 22,000 workers to produce 1 million vehicles in 2000, for example, but only half that number to make 1.8 million four years later. In addition, Bajaj Auto has... View Details

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What We Learned in Three Charts: Innovation, Tariffs, and Gig Work | Working Knowledge

early outcomes of tariffs, and the financial state of gig workers. We look back at some of the quarter's research findings through data visualizations. Tariffs, innovation, and tradeoffs for gig workers were some of the topics that... View Details

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