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Show INTRODUCTIO In the past the prevailing idea has been well expressed in th saying that ‘"Captains of industry are born, not made'; and th theory has been that if one could get the right man, methods coul In the future it will be appreciated that ou be safely left to him leaders must be trained right as well as born right, and that no grea man can (with the old system of personal management) hope t compete with a number of ordinary men who have been properl organized so as efficiently to cooperate In the past the man has been first; in the future the system mus be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are no needed On the contrary, the first object of any good system mus be that of developing first-class men; and under systematic management the best man rises to the top more certainly and more rapidl than ever before This paper has been written First. To point out, throug a series of simple illustrations, th great loss which the whole country is suffering through inefficienc in almost all of our daily acts Second. To try to convince the reader that the remedy for thi inefficiency lies in systematic management, rather than in searchin for some unusual or extraordinary man Third T prov tha th bes managemen is a tru science resting upon clearly defined laws, rules, and principles, as a foundation And further to show that the fundamental principles of scientific management are applicable to all kinds of human activities, from our simplest individual acts to the work of our great corpora tions, which call for the most elaborat cooperation And, briefl through a series of illustrations, to convince the reader that wheneye these principles are correctly applied results must follow which ar truly astounding This paper is to be read before the members of The America Society of Mechanical Engineers The illustrations chosen are suc as, it is believed, will especially appeal to engineers and to manager of industrial and manufacturing establishments, and also quite a much to all of the men who are working in these establishments I is hoped, however, that it will be clear to other readers that the sam principles can be applied with equal force to all social actjvities to the management of our homes; the management of our farms the management of the business of our tradesmen, large and small o ou churches ou philanthropi and our governmental departments institutions ou universities |
