CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I
A DESCRIPTION AND GENERAL OUTLINE OF FATIGUE STUDY: WHAT MUST BE DONE
Fatigue Study and Waste 3
What Fatigue Is 4
What Fatigue Study Is 7
The Field of This Book 7
The Relation of Fatigue Study to Measured Functional Management 9
Relation of Fatigue Study to Motion Study 11
The Classes of Fatigue 13
The Problems of Fatigue Study 14
The Methods of Fatigue Study 14
Emphasis in Fatigue Study 15
A Work for Every One 16
CHAPTER II
THE FATIGUE SURVEY: WHAT IS TO BE DONE
What a Survey Is 18
The General Survey and the Fatigue Survey 19
The Aims of the Fatigue Survey 19
The Time and Place of Making the Survey 20
The Qualification of the Survey Maker 22
What to Look For 25
Variables That Affect Fatigue 29
The Survey Record Sheet 30
Survey Photographs 31
Making the Survey Serviceable 32
CHAPTER III
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS FOR REST FOR OVERCOMING FATIGUE: WHAT CAN BE DONE NOW
Provision for Rest 38
Chairs to Make the Rest Most Effective 42
Betterment Work 47
Results 49
CHAPTER IV
HOME READING BOX MOVEMENT: A PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATION
What It Is 54
The Box in the Plant 55
The Plant as a Source of Supply 55
The Home Element 58
Routing the Magazines 61
The Problem of Maintenance 63
How the Conditions Vary 67
The Home Reading Box and Fatigue 69
The By-Products of the Home Reading Box Movement 70
How to Begin 75
CHAPTER V
PRELIMINARY FATIGUE ELIMINATION: WHAT CAN BE DONE NOW
The Lighting Problem 77
The Heating, Cooling, and Ventilating Problem 82
Fire Protection 84
Safety Protection 85
The Work Place 88
The Work-bench or Table 90
The Chair or Other Fatigue-Eliminating Device 91
Placing the Material Worked On 93
The Placing of Tools and Devices 94
The Clothing of the Worker 95
CHAPTER VI
THE FATIGUE MUSEUM: AN OBJECT LESSON
What a Fatigue Museum Is 99
The Parent Fatigue Museum 100
What the Fatigue Museum Contains 102
What the Museum Does not Contain 102
Types of Chairs and Their Uses 104
Other Fatigue Eliminating Devices 108
How to Use the Devices 109
Starting Your Own Fatigue Museum 111
CHAPTER VII
FATIGUE MEASUREMENT: HOW TO ATTACK THE PROBLEM SCIENTIFICALLY
History of Fatigue Measurement 114
Fatigue, a Test of Efficient Activity 116
The Activity 117
Motion Study, Micromotion Study, the Cyclegraph, and the Chronocyclegraph Method as Measures of Activity 118
Testing the Work by Motions Required 123
Testing Workers by Motion Capabilities 124
The Use of Activity Records as Data for Eliminating Fatigue 124
The Time Element 125
The Standardization of Work and Rest 127
CHAPTER VIII
MAKING ADJUSTMENTS: HOW PRESENT PRACTICE IS DEVELOPED INTO STANDARD PRACTICE
A Concrete Example of Making Adjustments 132
Former Method of Assembly 133
How the New Practice Was Derived 134
The Two Factors to Be Considered 134
Outline of the Changes to Be Made 135
The Solution of the Problem 135
Final Adjustment 139
Changes in Type of Work Demanded 140
Change in Mental Attitude 140
Value of This Example 140
CHAPTER IX
THE OUTCOME: HOW FAR HAVE WE ATTAINED OUR AIM?
The Tests of General Health 142
The Test of Prolonged Activity 143
The Test of Posture 144
The Test of Behaviour and Implied Mental Attitude 146
The Test of Transference of Skill 148
Test of “Happiness Minutes,” Individual and Social 149
CHAPTER X
THE FUTURE: WHAT EACH ONE OF US CAN DO
The Work of the Colleges 153
The Work of the Manager 155
The Work of the Worker 156
The Work of the Public 157