Work simplification applied to clerical operations

How a series of typical clerical operations in an office were simplified and speeded up by watching for unnecessary strain and discomfort, and for unduly ponderous or inefficient processes, and eliminating them.

Credits

production company

W H Smith and Son

Kinocrat Films

Duration

00:17:42:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1950

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

30629

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Labor productivity

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Management

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Office management

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Office practice

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Management - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1950

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