Bulletin (Volume 29-34)
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ISBN10: 1154167941
ISBN13: 9781154167948
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 196
Weight: 1.18
Height: 0.81 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781154167948
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 196
Weight: 1.18
Height: 0.81 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1919. Excerpt: ... THE TRAINING OF FOREMEN GEORGE E. MYERS Professor of Industrial Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. The foreman's job demands serious consideration as a factor in the present industrial situation. Industry is facing low per capita production, enormous labor turnover, bitter disagreements between capital and labor, and a radicalism that seeks to overthrow completely the present industrial system. The foreman is the connecting link between management and men. He is the one who puts production methods into effect. He puts across to the men the policies of the company. In him the men read the attitude of the company towards them. He, more than anyone else, sells the company to the men. He first feels under-currcnts of dissatisfaction and is in a better position than anyone else in the organization to remove or reduce dissatisfaction in his department. And foremen, unlike, poets, are not born; they are made. With 7,000 of them in the single city of Detroit they are far too numerous to share the alleged good fortune of the poet. How are they made? Too often as the young Indian is reported to have been made a swimmer. They are thrown in where it is over their heads and left to get out as best they can. Most Indian boys learned to swim--but many of them swam dog-fashion or any other fashion that kept their heads above water and not with the long, steady, side stroke that carries the swimmer through the water with the greatest ease and swiftness. Most men assigned to the job of foreman manage to get by, to keep their heads above water, and some of them become very proficient both in getting out production and in handling men. But many never get beyond the dog-fashion stage. They never even have a clear conception of the functions of a foreman, to say nothing of learning...