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■IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIHIIHIIIIHIIIIIIHIIIHIIIHHIIIHIIIIIIilllllllllllillR =national Battalion/Page September 3,1. uiiimiiiiiiiuiiHiiiUHiiiuiiuiniiiiiiiuiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim ■ Medicine Japanese, American steel Photographers Wanted: belongs in closets The Aggieland is hiring both staff and freelance photographers for the 1982-83 school year. All applicants must attend an introductory meeting on Wednesday, September 8, at 7 p.m. in Rm. #0011 Reed McDonald. Any quetions, please call Michel Chang — Photo Editor 845-2681 United Press International CHICAGO — A closet makes a better storage spot for non prescription drugs than the medicine chest, the home ser vice advisor for a Chicago manu facturer says. Pauline Church, of Republic Molding Corp., recommends the closet because most bath rooms are hot and humid. Cool- drier storage extends the Profs compare companies = er, iiiiiiiiimiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiH effectiveness of most over-the- counter drugs, she said. Other tips for storing medi cine include: — capping tubes and bottles tightly. B % TO* United Press International PITTSBURGH — The Japanese steel industry often is held up to ailing American steel makers as the model of produc tivity and worker-management cooperation. But researchers at Carnegie- Mellon University say no one in this country is sure just how Japanese steel companies oper ate, much less whether their methods would work in the Un ited States. CMU professor Ben Fischer, a former United Steelworkers union official, says it’s not even clear whether Japan’s steelwor kers, for all their efficiency, are happy in their work or can keep up their highly productive pace. The bottom line, said Fischer, who heads CMU’s new Center for Labor Studies, is that despite all that has been written, little is really known about how Japanese management deals with its workforce. “I read reports written by Americans about matters in Japan and realize the writers department, will attempt what he called the first thorough he called the first thorough analysis and comparison of the U.S. and Japanese steel indus tries largely in fact-finding and arbit ration, saying it only will help him to better understand the labor-management situation. industries as opposed t< automotive, high-technolo other industries. “One of the things we have to do is define what exists in our country,” he said. “How can you begin to understand Japan with out first understanding the U.S.? LIVE BANDS Warehouse & Steelfinger OFF CAMPUS NIGHT Friday, September 3 8 p.m. at The Grove Everyone Welcome Midnight Yell Practice Afterward Fischer said: “American workers have a tremen dous capacity to make a great contribution to production, which I don’t think we’ve realized. It rarely would have occurred to Amer- Fasi Hour Foto Support Jerry’s Kids! Labor Day Muscular Dystrophy Telethon Fast Hour Foto TEXAS AVE. AT SOUTHWEST PARKWAY, NEXT TO KROGERS For every roll of 135, 136 or 110 Film ^ brought in for C-41 process printing, | | we’ll give Jerry’s kids. Textured paper | $1.00 1 only. B 9-3 FAST HOUR FOTO \ Kroger tn- Texas Ave. Texas Ave. at Southwest Pkwy., next to Krogers FxSv t L Kodak paper... fora good look. Fast Hour Foto Fast Hour Fata But Fischer said he strongly suspects a comparison might not be possible, noting about half the people who work in Japanese steel mills are not em ployed by the big Japanese steel firms but by separate firms that apparently contract them out to the steelmakers. ican management years ago that. . . persons could figure out (indus trial) methodology, oth er than industrial engi neers. ” “This is what we don’t know,” Fischer said when asked about the details of the procedure. “We are using statistics we don’t understand ... (It’s) part of what makes this thing difficult, and therefore more interesting. “I suspect that what we’ll find,” he said, “is that (Amer icans) tend to do things by rules. In Japan, they do things by con sensus or practice.” But Fischer said he strongly suspects a com parison might not be possible, noting about half the people who work in Japanese steel mills are not employed by the big Japanese steel Firms but by sepa rate Firms that appar ently contract them out to the steelmakers. “You have to start s where,” he said. “CMUbit sburgh. My experienceiii American steel industry, may as well start with wha know." However, getting start! pends upon the school’s to find funding for the expected to take a numt FIRST p.m CHI / l watt 1 Her: EPISC Kgfnee Can HI1JL JjlSers Will IN'PE iP-aC i at 7 MSC J ■phe)< ft inei Fisher said that’s why the study is looking at the two steel Fischer said that would pend upon CMU’s ability to vince American and Jap) steel companies the study i portant enough to them to rant their contributions. “I see problems in et money for anything* Fb said, noting the economicti but he said he is confident) the ultimate success of the draising efforts. SC > T to Fischer said he believes such a study would have a great impact on the U.S. steel industry, point ing to a greater awareness of the differences between the two management-labor systems — something that already has had a tremendous impact. “Management appreciates that you can get performance through other methods than au thoritarian control ... I think any revelation is extremely contribu tory to our society,” he said. BOWHUNTERS JOIN THE TAMU BRAZOS BOWMEN ARCHERY CLUB I Un DALI liation’s Hrict tress b H tha jgfflion Hit's < ai Hgrui Bjlhe 1 Bias I MEETING: SEPT. 6, 1982, 7:30 P.M. RM. 1401 CONTACT: TONY 845-4935, KEN 845-5316 ■t it Aenne Center • I- X have a ^ve all ife,” s; don’t understand matters in America,” Fischer said. For that reason, Fischer said he and Dr. Leonard Lynn, a pro- :iolo Fischer said: “American workers have a tremendous capacity to make a great contri bution to production, which I don’t think we’ve realized. fessor in the school’s sociology “It rarely would have occur red to American management years ago that ... persons could figure out (industrial) metho dology, other than industrial en gineers,” he said. * Fischer said he doesn’t believe his findings will be influenced by his prior union involvement, GOING SHOPPING? 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