Productivity Improvement by the Crawford Slip Method. How to Write, Publish, Instruct, Supervise, and Manage for Better Job Performance.

Abstract

Partial Contents: Challenge ot Improvers -- Why change present ways of getting good work done; Needs -- How to spot troubles; Better Ways -- How to find remedies; Classification -- How to organize slips; Over-All Design -- How to teach so learners can perform; Motivation -- How to create a wish to learn the task; Directions and Explanations -- How to impart insights to guide actions; Trial Performance -- How to manage the learning by doing; Evaluation -- How to deal with successes and failures; Handwritten method -- How to compose on slips; Dictation Method -- How to dictate know-how; Workshop Method -- How to do procedure writing; Printed Publication -- How to distribute know-how on paper; Non-Printed Publication -- How to distribute know-how by the new technologies; Supervision -- How to individualize know-how applications; Manager Roles -- How to support the improvement process; and Think Tank -- How to institutionalize know-how transfer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA162487

Entities

People

  • C. C. Crawford
  • John W. Demidovich
  • Robert M. Krone

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assembly Lines
  • Birds
  • Business Administration
  • Databases
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Health Services
  • Instructors
  • Job Analysis
  • Law
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • Money
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Public Administration
  • Students
  • Systems Management

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • STEM Education
  • Systems Analysis and Design