Books and reports
April 1994
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Publication
Lean production and beyond. Forum series 2
28 April 1994
This contains seven papers which examine "lean production" as a composite management concept geared to avoiding waste in the inputs and outputs of production and as an integrated process, from the stage of conception of a product to its marketing. The case studies cover Japanese direct investment in the US automobile industry, the UK automobile industry, German electronics and automobile industry and the Brazilian manufacturing industry.
March 1994
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Occupational Safety and Health Series, No. 70
Visual display units: Radiation protection guidance
23 March 1994
The purpose of this guide is to provide an analysis of the data from surveys and measurements of radiation emissions from visual display units (VDUs), relate this to existing data on scientific biological effects and reach a conclusion regarding the safety of VDUs with respect to radiation emissions. The book is intended for the use of the competent authorities, employers and workers and their organizations, occupational safety and health specialists and VDU operators.
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Small firms, technical services and inter-firm cooperation (RS 99)
22 March 1994
This book looks into the ways small-scale industries have profited from management services, technical institutes and collaboration with other small firms in such fields as marketing, purchasing, research and development, technology transfer and training.
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Times are changing. Working time in 14 industrialised countries
16 March 1994
This book provides information on the duration, structure, flexibility and reduction of working time in fourteen industrialized nations. Countries are treated separately. Covers the period up to 1980.
November 1993
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Poverty, inequality, exclusion. New approaches to theory and practice (BIB 17) / Pauvretés, inégalités, exclusions. Renouveau des approches théoriques et des pratiques sociales (Bi-lingual E/F)
24 November 1993
August 1993
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Strategic management of development programmes (MDS 19)
18 August 1993
(Management Development Series 19) Guidelines on strategic project management of development projects - discusses development programme objectives, phases and obstacles, pre-conditions for successful performance, organisational structure, role of top management, popular participation in the decision making process, etc., guidelines on environmental analysis, strategy formulation and project evaluation.
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The manager’s guide to international labour standards (MDS 23)
11 August 1993
Management Development Series, No. 23. Guide to ILO Conventions and ILO Recommendations - considers the role of ILO in labour standard setting and ILO's supervisory machinery; covers freedom of association, trade union rights, collective bargaining, workers participation, working conditions, wages, occupational safety, occupational health and personnel management.
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Tree nurseries. An illustrated technical guide and training manual (SPWP 6)
03 August 1993
June 1993
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Safety in the use of mineral and synthetic fibres (OSH 64)
10 June 1993
May 1993
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Small firms and development in Latin America
21 May 1993
Encouraged by success stories about their ability to adapt to crisis, policymakers in Latin America and elsewhere herald small firms as the key to a new economic dynamism which could provide a breakthrough solution to mass unemployment. Does the actual performance of small firms match these expectations? This book discusses the impact of special policies, administrative decentralization and the role of support institutions in small firm development in Latin America.