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The Foreman/Supervisor’s Handbook

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. The Scope of the Foreman/Supervisor’s Job

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. The Foreman/Supervisor’s Total Job

      • Carl Heyel
      Pages 3-21
    3. The Foreman/Supervisor as a Leader

      • A. L. Kress
      Pages 22-35
  3. The Foreman/Supervisor’s Know-How

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37
    2. Quality Assurance

      • Ronald R. Kregoski, Robert A. Abbott
      Pages 39-83
    3. Production Control: Planning and Scheduling

      • R. L. Kreighbaum
      Pages 84-109
    4. Time Study and Methods Improvement

      • Phil Carroll, H. W. Nance
      Pages 110-160
    5. Budgets and Cost Control

      • H. W. Nance
      Pages 161-172
    6. Maintenance and the Foreman

      • W. H. Hebestreit
      Pages 173-189
    7. The Art of Communicating

      • Carl Heyel
      Pages 190-199
  4. Direct Personnel Responsibilities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201
    2. What to do about Safety

      • Irvin B. Etter
      Pages 225-246
    3. Industrial Fatigue

      • Howard W. Haggard
      Pages 247-260
    4. The Emerged Role of Women in Industry

      • Donna J. Reimer
      Pages 261-287
    5. Anti-Discrimination Legislation

      • Donald J. Horton
      Pages 288-294
  5. Cooperative Personnel Responsibilities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 295-295
    2. Wage Payment Plans and Incentives

      • Carl J. Holtved
      Pages 297-312
    3. Job Evaluation

      • Beville Searcy
      Pages 313-343

About this book

The Foreman/Supervisor's Handbook is offered as a com­ prehensive and authoritative text which presents the kind of prac­ tical information the foreman or supervisor needs in order to be effective on the job. It completely revises and updates The Foreman's Handbook, a work which, through four previous edi­ tions, has become the standard text in its field. The term "foreman/supervisor" in the title of the new edition was decided upon by the editors despite a reluctance to tamper with a well established name, in recognition of a change in usage which has come about over the years. "Supervisor" is now more generally used in industry for the first level of management and is espe­ cially appropriate since the emerging role of women in super­ visory (and higher) positions has rendered the earlier, gender­ specific term less properly descriptive. Moreover, although the orientation of the book is to manufacturing operations, the prin­ ciples and techniques discussed have wide application in office operations, where the term "supervisor" is the designation uni­ versally used. To retain continuity with the previous editions, the compromise term "foreman/supervisor" was adopted. As in previous editions, each chapter is written by an authority in the ~ubject covered. Each, morever, stands on its own feet, i. e. , it can be read as a separate article, independent of preceding or succeeding chapters.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Serge A. Birn Company, USA

    H. W. Nance

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Foreman/Supervisor’s Handbook

  • Editors: Carl Heyel, H. W. Nance

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6599-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-6601-0Published: 08 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-6599-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 626

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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