| Document ID (ISN) | 105861 |
| CIS number |
06-1318 |
| ISBN(s) |
0-415-24331-9 |
| Year |
2004 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Oxenburgh M, Marlow P., Oxenburgh A. |
| Title |
Increasing productivity and profit through health and safety |
| Bibliographic information |
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group LLC, PO Box 409267, Atlanta, GA 30384-9267, USA, 2nd ed., 2004. xi, 192p. Illus. Bibl. ref. Index. + CD-ROM. Price: USD 80.00. |
| Abstract |
This book aims to show that productivity and profit for the enterprise are not incompatible with good working conditions for its employees. It provides an introduction to the ideas of economics, explains how to collect the necessary information for making a cost-benefit analysis or workplace assessment and describes one assessment model, the Productivity Assessment Tool (enclosed with the book as a CD). Case studies from the service and manufacturing industries illustrate the interaction between ergonomics and economics. Further chapters cover new supervisory systems and ethics. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
work efficiency; plant safety and health organization; economic aspects; conditions of work |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
work organization; ethics; manual lifting; musculoskeletal diseases; ergonomics; manual handling; cleaning; manuals; personal protective equipment; health care personnel; hotel industry; computer applications; cost-benefit analysis; glossary; case study |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Generalities
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
General safety, health and conditions of work
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Economic aspects
|
