An Introduction To The
An Introduction To The Modern Bltsiness Course And Service 1. University Schools Of Commerce.—only A Few Years Ago No Books Were To Be Bad Which Treated Busi Ness Subjects In A Way Both Practical And Scientific. In 1890, If A Man Wished To Solve Any Of The Problems Of Business ...
Character Analysis 1
Character Analysis 1. Character And Personality.—some Of The Most Important Words In The English Language Are The Hardest To Define. Who Can Tell, For Example, What Happiness Really Is? Who Can Define Love In A Way That Will Satisfy A Lover? Character Is One Of,these Indefinable Words. When You Know ...
Economics And Sociology 1
Economics And Sociology 1. Custom Or Group Habits.—just As An Individual Forms The Habit Of Acting In A Particular Way Under Given Conditions, So A Group Of People Living In The Same Environment And Subject To Identical Laws Fall Into The Habit Of Doing Things In The Same Way. In ...
Ethics Of Business 1
Ethics Of Business 1. Science Of Ethics.—ethics Comes From A Greek Word Meaning "custom." In Modem Times It Has Come To Be Virtually Synonymous With Morality And Is The Science Which Seeks To Determine The Fundamental Distinction Between Right And Wrong Human Conduct. The Mere Fact That A Certain Practice ...
Health 1
Health 1. The Strain Of Business.—excepting Physiciarm, Few People Not Actively Engaged In Business Realize What A Strenuous Game It Is. Even The Small Busi Ness Man, Whom Mediocre Success Will Satisfy, Cannot Escape The Terrific Pull And Strain. It May Be Quite._ As Hard For Him To Make A ...
Nature And Aim Of
Nature And Aim Of Business 1. Definition Of Business.—in Everyday Speech The Word "business" Does Not Possess A Clear-cut Mean Ing. It Is Applied Rather Vaguely To Trading And Manufacturing Occupations As Distinguished From The Arts And Professions. It Is The Aim Of The Modern Business Texts To Ex Plain ...
Opportunity 1
Opportunity 1. Universally Desired.—all Of Us Have Wants And Are Looking For Opportunities For Their Gratification. The Intensity Of Our Nature, The Quality Of Our Char Acter, The Tenacity Of Our Purpose, Are All Revealed By The Vigor Or Sloth With Which We Pursue Oppor Tunity. It Is One Of ...
Personal Efficiency 1
Personal Efficiency 1. Energy, Time And Space.—thruout This Book, Without Having Defined The Word "efficiency," I Have Tried To Point Out The Various Ways In Which Busi Ness Men Can Make Themselves More Efficient. The Word Comes From The Latin Efficio (ex-facio), Which Means "i Do Thoroly, Completely, Triumphantly." Generally ...
Personality 1
Personality 1. Intuitive Judgments.—a Few Years Ago A Col Lege Professor Who Had Bad Business Experience Made An Experiment With Members Of The Entering Fresh Man Class. He Had Been Assigned As Faculty Ad Viser Of Some Twenty Members Of The Class, And It Was His Duty To Help In ...
Psychology 1
Psychology 1. The Hunzan Equation.—psychology Aims To Ex Plain Our States Of Mind Or Consciousness—our Sensa Tions, Emotions, Desires, Ideas, Volitions, Etc. Psychol Ogy Is A Natural Science, Involving The Study Of The Body As Well As Of Our Mental States. Every State Of Consciousness Is The Reflex Of Some ...
Subordinate Or Junior Officers
Subordinate Or Junior Officers 1. Duties And Responsibilities.—the Junior Officer In A Business Is One Who Has Charge Of A Single De Partment And Is Responsible To The Chief Executive For Its Proper Conduct. In A Corporation All The Officers Are Responsible To The Board Of Directors, But The Im ...
The Efficient Business Man
The Efficient Business Man 1. Certain Essential Qualities.—in The Preceding Chapters I Have Called Attention Here And There To Various Qualities Which The Successful Business Man Must Possess. I Have Endeavored To Show, For Exam Ple, That Lie Must Possess A Sane, Sound, Clear Intellect, A Healthy Body And A ...
The Executive 1
The Executive 1. Three Classes Of Men.—plato Divided The People Of His Ideal Republic Into Three Classes : The Philos Ophers Who Did The Thinking And Ruling; Their Lieuten Ants, Who Executed Orders; And Fmallyt The Great Mass Of The People, Most Of Them Slaves. The French Essayist, Montesquieu, Also ...
The Profit Problem 1
The Profit Problem 1. Cost And Prices.—the Man Who Is Responsible For The Management Of A Going Business Concern Must Always Have In Mind Two Things : First, To Keep The Costs At The Lowest Possible Point; Second, To Get For His Goods The Highest Possible Price. It Is Obvious ...
The Rank And File Worker 1
The Rank-and-file Worker 1. Men And Machines.—for Many Hundred Years Men Have Been Busy Seeking Ways Of Making Their Work Either Lighter Or More Productive. A Certain Amount Of Muscular Or Mental Activity Is Pleasurable And Healthful, But When Pushed Be:vond A Certain Point Fatigue, Discomfort, Exhaustion And Various Aches ...
Or The Idea 1
Vision, Or The Idea 1. Imagination.—business Men As A Rule Do Not Realize Their Indebtedness To Imagination. That Faculty Is Commonly Thought Of, Not As A Work-horse, But As A Thorobred To Be Driven Only By The Poet, The Artist, The Story-writer. The Imaginative Man Is Thought Of As A ...