Ian's case

Australia, 1987

Film
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Episode number 6 of Series “Improving Performance”.
Ian works in an art department. His work has become sloppy, he makes long personal phone calls, he drinks and he is constantly late or off work. His supervisor, Hugo, has spoken to him twice previously and now adopts the hard approach. Peter Quarry then assumes the role of supervisor and uses the 3 step approach.

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Credits

producer

Eve Ash

production company

Seven Dimensions

Duration

00:34:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1987

Appears in

Improving Performance

Group of items

Improving Performance

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

017701

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Employee motivation

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Management

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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