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| Author: | Lynch, P. |
| Title: | Matching worked hours to business needs. |
| Journal: | Personnel Management
1988 : JUN, VOL. 20:6, p. 36-39 |
| Index terms: | WORK ORGANIZATION TIME MANAGEMENT FLEXIBLE WORKING HOURS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Review of the range of options and innovations in working patterns in the U.K., annual hours, fluctuating labour needs and conventional working methods. The advocates and advantages of annual hours. The introduction of six or seven- -crew systems. Discontinuous patterns of work and costs and benefits of alternative working patterns. Seasonal business. Travellers on ferry crossings. The `flexiyear' in Federal Germany and the options for annual hours. The Flexible year, with flexible days for dayworkers and flexible shifts for shiftworkers. The criteria for application. Weaknesses in working areas and role of annual hours in human resource management terms. Five charts illustrate the study. |
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