News tagged with workplace efficiency
Young workers push employers for wider Web access
(AP) -- Ryan Tracy thought he'd entered the Dark Ages when he graduated college and arrived in the working world.
Jul 12, 2009 |
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Business students better equipped to evaluate peers
Peer evaluation is a touchstone of many business school classes. But does the process of rating the work of one's classmates really shape better businesspeople? A new study from Concordia's John Molson School of Business, ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 24, 2012 |
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New study shows that workplace inspections save lives, don't destroy jobs
Research to be published in Science on May 18, 2012, sheds light on a hot-button political issue: the role and effectiveness of government regulation. Does it kill jobs or protect the public?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 17, 2012 |
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The heat is on: New study of MIT buildings suggests additional approaches to energy efficiency
Many workplaces feature major changes in occupancy over the course of a week. In academic buildings, hundreds of students may pour in for a lecture, then leave an hour or two later, while faculty, researchers ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 30, 2012 |
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Middle school teachers, students stay after school to work on science, engineering projects
The School of Education at Virginia Tech and the College of Education at University of Kentucky were awarded $1.3 million from the National Science Foundation to implement and evaluate an inquiry-based after-school ...
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Feb 13, 2012 |
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Robot reconnoiters uncharted terrain
Mobile robots have many uses. They serve as cleaners, carry out inspections and search for survivors of disasters. But often, there is no map to guide them through unknown territory. Researchers have now developed ...
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Time recording up one's sleeve
Optimized operations are essential to globally competitive companies. Until now, inspectors have timed procedures, usually manually, in order to organize manual assembly operations efficiently – a method ...
Jan 03, 2012 |
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The modeling of multiple relationships in social networks
A study conducted by Columbia Business School's Prof. Asim Ansari, William T. Dillard Professor of Marketing, Marketing, and Oded Koenigsberg, Barbara and Meyer Feldberg Associate Professor of Business, Marketing, alongside ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Solar panels keep buildings cool
Those solar panels on top of your roof aren't just providing clean power; they are cooling your house, or your workplace, too, according to a team of researchers led by Jan Kleissl, a professor of environmental ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jul 18, 2011 |
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Reduce energy bill with stair climbing
A team of researchers from the University of Birmingham’s School of Sport and Exercise Sciences is embarking on a stair climbing challenge to decrease the energy expenditure of businesses and to improve the health and ...
Mar 08, 2011 |
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The truth about bonuses
Bankers may well love them by the billion, but new research has claimed bonuses don't actually make us work any harder.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Feb 15, 2011 |
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