Control Of Labor Selection And
Control Of Labor-selection And Training 1. Selecting The "right Stripe."—the Employer Of Labor Is Inclined To Select Men For Their Qualities Rather Than For Their Experience. If An Applicant Has Ability And Willingness To Work He Can Be Taught What To Do; Whereas Laziness, Dishonesty Or Wrong Preju Dices Will ...
Executive Orders 1
Executive Orders 1. Orders: The Result Of Planning.—"when At The Dead Of Night," Wrote Napoleon, "a Good Idea Flashes Thru My Brain, The Order Is Given In A Quarter Of An Hour, And In Half An Hour It Is Being Carried Out By The Outposts." In Civil Administration Giving Orders ...
Executive Supervision 1
Executive Supervision 1. Third Function In Leadership.—in All Forms Of Administration There Are Three Elements Which Are Al Ways Present—planning, Giving Orders And Super Vision. Two Of Them Have Been Discussed And It Now Remains To Consider The Third. The Order In Which They Have Been Named Indicates Not Only ...
Modern Aids In Management Planning
Modern Aids In .management-planning 1. Real Management Is Concerned With Policies, Not Details.—most Managers Will Admit That They Are Han Dicapped Because They Must Attend To Too Many Details. Foremen, Superintendents And Bosses Will Generally Admit That They Are Overworked. Yet If A Superior Officer Should Suggest That Some Of ...
Organization Of Administration 1
Organization Of Administration 1. Few Principles But Many Methods.—the Princi Ples Of Management Hold True In Every Kind And Branch Of Business. It Makes No Difference Whether The Business Unit Is A, Billion-dollar Corporation Or A Foreman's Department Where Pig-iron Is Handled. But The Methods Of Applying These Principles Are ...
Planning 1
Planning 1. Administration In Peace And War.—tho One Ad Ministrator May Be Concerned With The Conduct Of Some Vast Industrial Enterprise, Another May Direct The Operations Of A City Or State, While A Third May Be In Trusted With Military Operations Vital To The Life Or Prosperity Of His Country ...
Planning Production The Factory 1
Planning Production-the Factory 1. Planning Department Of A Factory.—in Thoos Ing An Example To Show The Methods Followed In The Planning Department Of A Factory We May Select An Engineering Enterprise. Here The Work Is More Mi Nutely Subdivided Than In Other Enterprises And Affords Better Opportunity To Study The ...
Planning The Clerical Work
Planning The Clerical Work 1. Office Systems Often Haphazard.—every Office Is Started With A Plan; But Business Undertakings, If They Prove Successful, Are Likely To Grow Rapidly, Necessi Tating A Rapid Expansion Of The Office. Sooner Or Later The Office System Breaks Under The Strain, And Again The Work Of ...
Principles Of Business Management
Principles Of Business Management 1. Administration At Close Range.—we Are Now Ready To Consider The Subject Of Administration At Closer Range. Administration, As We Have Interpreted It, Applies To The Big Policies, And Is Therefore More In Clusive Than The Word "management." We Shall Be Concerned Henceforth With The Control ...
Records And Promotions 1
Control Of Labor-wages, Records And Promotions 1. High Cost Of Man-power.—the Difference Be Tween The Costs Of Man-power And Of Machine Power Is Tremendous. Large Electric-power Companies Quote Prices Of 10 Cents To 2 Cents Per Kilowatt Hour; And Prices As Low As 0.5 Cents Have Been Known Where Electric ...
Rewards And Penalties 1
Rewards And Penalties 1. Fear And Interest.—most Men Who Are In Au Thority In Factory And Office Are Consciously Or Uncon Sciously Guided In Their Administration By The Feeling That The Two Levers Which Move Men Are Fear And Inter Est. They Believe That No Man Shows Zeal Unless Be ...
Savings In
Savings In Time—routing 1. Time-saving By "routing."—london And Paris First Learned Of The Death Of Pope Leo Xiii From New York, Altho New York Is 3,000 Miles Farther From Rome Than Either Of Those Two Cities. This Was Because The Associated Press Had Routed The News. As A Courtesy To ...
Savings In Material Stockkeeping 1
Savings In Material-stockkeeping 1. Stockkeeping System 'a Necessity.—in Order To Guarantee Sufficient And Proper Tools And Materials, It Is Essential To Have A Modern Stockkeeping System. The Duty Of A Stock Or Tool Department, As Described By Harrington Emerson, Is To Supply The Right Mate Rial, At The Right Place, ...
Savings In Time Dispatching Auxiliary Appliances
Savings In Time-dispatching-auxiliary Appliances .1. When Special Dispatching Is Necessar,y.—as In Railroading, So In Manufacturing The Time Schedule Is The Important Thing, And The More Spectacular Method Of Special Dispatching Is Resorted To Only When Unfore Seen Circumstances Occur. Therefore, Personal Dis Patching Is Of Comparatively Little Importance In Man ...
Savings In Time Research
Savings In Time: Research And Records 1. Inspection And Research.—closely Allied With In Spection, So Closely Allied, In Fact, That One Set Of Appa Ratus Often Serves The Two Functions, Is Research. The Two Functions Are, However, Distinct. Inspection Is For The Purpose Of Insuring That The Work Of Material ...
Sources Of Administrative Information
Sources Of Administrative Information Statistics And Inspection 1. Use Of Statistics.—only When Statistics Can Be Employed Progressively Are They Effective. It Is Not So Important That Past Conclusions Be Confirmed By Statistics As It Is That Deductions For The Future Be Correctly Drawn. Only When They Take On The Latter ...
Standardization Materials And Equipment 1
Standardization-materials And Equip.ment 1. Correct Standards The Basis Of Administrative Judgment.—a Sound Judgment Is The Prime Mental Attribute Of A Good Manager. When A Manager Fails He Is Criticized For Not Using Good Judgment. But To Accuse A Manager Of Exercising Poor Judgment Is Only To Say That He Has ...
Standardization Syaibols And Routine 1
Standardization-syaibols And Routine 1. Use Of Symbols.—convenience Is Promoted By The Use Of Symbols. A Good Symbol System Must Be: (1) Unmistakable; (2) Easy To Remember; (3) Brief. The Usual Terminology Of Tools And Parts Is Very Loose. The Meaning In Which Words Are Used Differs Widely Among Different Firms, ...
Standardization And Labor 1
Standardization And Labor 1. Goal Of Every Producer.—one Of The Chief Dif Ferences Between Machine-made And Hand-made Goods Is That The Latter Possess Greater Individuality. The Recent Revival Of The Handicraft Trade Shows What A Strong Hold This Quality In A Ware Has Upon The Con Sumer. Nevertheless, When The ...
Standardization And Rate Fixing 1
Standardization And Rate-fixing 1. Chief Elements In Ellicieney.—the Principal Mat Ters In Connection With Efficiency That Have Been Treated So Far Are : (1) The Centralization Of Manufacture At Shops Best Fitted By Reason Of Location Or Otherwise For Doing . The Work ; ( 2) Standardization Of Parts, Tools ...
The Era Of The
The Era Of The Administrator 1. Growth Of Industrial Establishments.—mr. S. F. Bowser Of Indiana Started Life Hauling Ice, Conceived The Idea Of The Self-measuring Pump For Distributing Oil And Gasoline, And From A Room In A Cow-shed De Veloped A Factory Occupying Twelve Acres Of Floor Space. His First ...
Types Of Aianagement The Office
Types Of Aianagement-the Office 1. Function Of The Office.—the Function Of The Office Is To Facilitate The Work Of Production And Distribu Tion. In Other Words, Here Is The Place From Which The Facilitating Activities Are Directed. In Its Usual Sense, The "office" Is The Part Of A Business Establish ...
Types Of Management The Factory
Types Of Management-the Factory 1. Thin, Red Line Of Tape.—a Recent Report Issued By The Parliament Of The Commonwealth Of Aus Tralia, On Business Management Of The Department Of Home Affairs, Gives The Following Account Of Govern Mental Red Tape : A School Teacher In The Federal Territory Of New ...
Wage Systems 1
Wage Systems 1. Systems Of Pay.—the Most Prominent Systems Of Pay In The United States Are The Day-work Plan, The Piecework Plan, And Various Modifications Of The Premium Or Bonus Plans. The First Method Is Usually Employed Where Special Conditions Prevail. Thus, It Would Be Fatal To Adopt A System ...
What Management Involves 1
What Management Involves 1. Difference Betzeieen Manager And Engineer.— Management, Therefore, Involves Not Only The Forces Of Production, But Careful Considerations Of The Results To Be Obtained, I. E., The Profits. It Is The Latter Which Distinguishes The Man With Managerial Ability From The Purely Technical Man. The Mechanical En ...