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Show 7 TH PRINCIPLE O SCIENTIFI MANAGEMEN As one of the elements incident to this great gain in output, eac workman has been systematically trained to his highest state o efficiency, and has been taught to do a higher class of work than h was able to do under the old types of management; and at the sam time he has acquired a friendly mental attitude toward his employer and his whole working conditions, whereas before a considerabl part of his time was spent in criticism, suspicious watchfulness, an This direct gain to all of those workin sometimes in open warfare under the system is without doubt the most important single elemen in the whole problem. Is not the realization of results such as these of far more importanc than the solution of most of the problems which are now agitatin both the -English and American peoples? And is it not our duty as engineers who are acquainted with these facts, to exert ourselve to make the whole community realize their importance ! The writer of this paper is constantly in receipt of letters asking for a lis of the companies who are working under scientific management It would b highly improper to furnish any one with a list of this kind Many of thos companies who have introduced scientific management would seriously objec to answering the letters which would be showered upon them if such a list wer given out On the other hand, there are certain companies who are willing t take the trouble to answer such letters To all of those who are sufficiently interested in scientific management th writer would most heartily extend an invitation to come to his house whe are in the neighborhood of Philadelphia He wil details of scientific management as it is practise Philadelphia Inasmuch as the greater part of th forwarding the cause of scientific management, h a privilege, rather than an intrusion the be glad to show them th in several establishments i writer's time is given up t regards visits of this sort a |