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]