Word: staab
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Cincinnati overhaul began last spring when Proudfoot, which had never before studied a newspaper operation, approached the Enquirer with a confident proposal to find and trim several hundred thousand dollars worth of waste effort. The prospect was warmly welcomed by Charles Staab, 60, the Enquirer's executive vice president and business manager, and something of a fat trimmer himself: eight years of Staab-inspired wow (for "Wipe Out Waste") campaigns have, among other-things, reduced the mail-room staff by introducing automation...
...Excellent Thing." Although the Enquirer had just chalked up its most prosperous year (with net earnings of $1,430,324), and is headed for an even better one. Staab decided to go ahead, saying: "You do not take corrective action after the fact." He expressed delight at Proudfoot's results. "Our studies showed a pool of people not all of whom were busy all the time." Survivors will certainly be busier than before-if only in filling out the new work forms on which staffers must make a daily account for every minute of their time. Down in classified...