Iðnaðarmál - 01.03.1962, Blaðsíða 3

'Gttglislf sumntary
V O L. 9 • N O. 3 • 1962
IÐNAÐARMÁLASTOFNUN ÍSLANDS (IMSÍ)
The Industrial Productivity Inatitute
P. O. Box 160 • Reykjavík • Iceland
Bimonthly — Subscription: Icel. kr. 150/year
Technical Aspects oi Wage Matters
Study Mission to the Netherlands and Norway
p. 30
During the íirst half of June an Ice-
landic study mission was organized to
the Netherlands and Norway with
objective of studying wage systems,
the application of work study and job
evaluation as well as educational acti-
vities in these fields and cooperation
carried out by employer and labour
federations in the two countries. The
nine member mission composed of re-
presentatives from some of the larger
employer and labour federations in
Icland was initiated by the IMSÍ.
Financial and organizational assi-
stance was given by the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and De-
velopment. The Productivity Institutes
in each country, Contactgroep Opo-
vering Productiviteit, in the Nether-
lands and Norsk Produktivitetsinstitutt
in Norway organized the programmes
in their respective countries.
In the leader (p. 31) this study mis-
sion is discussd further.
Paper Standards pp. 30 and 44
It is announced that a new stan-
dardization committee has been set up
under the auspices of the Productivity
Institute to formulate a standard on
paper sizes.
The committee is composed of re-
presentatives from all the major
groups interested. In principle the
basic standard will be based upon the
DIN system.
Mutual Trust-Earnest Cooperation
(Leader) p. 31
Further to the news item on p. 30 on
a recent study mission of representa-
tives of employer and labour federa-
tions in Iceland to the Netherlands
and Norway, it is pointed out that the
participants were impressed in both
countries by the fact, that the techni-
al aspects of wage matters have been
firmly dealt with and that the import-
ance of applying rationalization ef-
forts to increase productivity are wide-
ly appreciated as one of the conditions
to create a continually improved
standard of living.
It was noticeable in both countries
that the national federations of labour
and employers have played a re-
sponsible part in developing this poli-
cy and mutual trust and earnest coo-
peration between employers and la-
bour was evidenced by various agree-
ments relating to the execution of
work study, job evaluation, work
councils, etc. The major federations
maintain a staff of technical experts
who are instrumental in carring out
educational activities for their memb-
ers and in dealing with problems of
technical nature which may arise.
Good industrial relations as were to
be observed in both of the countries
visited without doubt constitute an im-
portant condition to prosperous econo-
mic growth.
Although the members of the mis-
sion represented different interests
there was a general feeling in the