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Show TH PRINCIPLE O SCIENTIFI MANAGEMEN 4 whether there was much or little of the particular kind of work o hand which this foreman had under his charge, since each gang ha to be kept large enough to handle whatever work in its special lin was likely to come along When one ceases to deal with men in large gangs or groups, an proceeds to study each workman as an individual, if the workma fails to do his task, some competent teacher should be sent to sho him exactly how his work can best be done, to guide, help, and encourage him, and, at the same time, to study his possibilities as So that, under the plan which individualizes each workworkman man, instead of brutally discharging the man or lowering his wage for failing to make good at once, he is given the time and the hel required to make him proficient at his present job, or he is shifte to another class of work for which he is either mentally or physicall better suited All of this requires the kindly cooperation of the management and involves a much more elaborate organization and system tha This organizatio the old-fashioned herding of men in large gangs consisted, in this case, -of one set of men, who were engaged in th development of the science of laboring through time study, such a has been described above; another set of men, mostly skilled laborer themselves, who were teachers, and who helped and guided the me in their work, another set of tool-room men who provided them wit the proper implements and kept them in perfect order, and anothe set of clerks who planned the work well in advance, moved the me with the least loss of time from one place to another, and properl And this furnished an elementar recorded each man's earnings, etc illustration of what has been referred to as cooperation between th management and the workmen The question which naturally presents itself is whether an elaborat organization of this sort can be made to pay for itself; whethe This question wil such an organization as this is not top-heavy best be answered by a statement of the results of the third year o working under this plan Old Pla The number of yard laborers wa reduced from between......... Average number of tons per ma PEricay iiiieni b ban skt e Average earnings per man per da Average cost of handling a ton o A 400 & 600 down to abou New Pla Task Wor 14 1 $1.1 5 $1.8 $0.07 $0.03 |