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Show TH PRINCIPLE O SCIENTIFI MANAGEMEN 1 lan&ge O tag thl‘ OUg I} EVer bed) thine DET ceng With th gement IS, Unde esson o n givin of work for eac - be don ating no portanc machine nagemen - most o e theory lagemen ent itsel of nearl compan ydstries type o ates ar from 3 to me e comre. I 3 O a or bee n plac yarfar ete d th Several papers have been written, describing the expedients whic have been adopted and the details which have been developed unde scientific management, and the steps to be taken in changing fro the ordinary to the scientific type But unfortunately most of th readers of these papers have mistaken the mechanism for the tru essence "Scientific management fundamentally consists of certai broad general principles, a certain philosophy, which can be applie in many ways, and a description of what any man or men ma believe to be the best mechanism for applying these general principles should in no way be confused with the principles themselves It is not here claimed that any single panacea exists for all o the troubles of the working-people or of employers As long a some people are born lazy or inefficient, and others are born greed and brutal, as long as vice and crime are with us, just so long wil a certain amount of poverty, misery, and unhappiness be with u also No system of management, no single expedient within th control of any man or any set of men can insure continuous prosperit to either workmen or employers Prosperity depends upon so man factors entirely beyond the control of any one set of men, any state or even any one country, that certain periods will inevitably com when both sides must suffer, more or less. It is claimed, however that under scientific management the intermediate periods will b far more prosperous, far happier, and more free from discord an dissension And also, that the periods of depression will be fewer shorter and the suffering less. And this will be particularly tru in an one town an one section of the country which first substitutes the principle the rule of thumb That these principles are certain t tically throughout the civilized world profoundly convinced, and the soone the people or an one stat of scientific managemen fo come into general use pracsooner or later, the writer i they come the better for al |