The Psychology of Management eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 318 pages of information about The Psychology of Management.

The Psychology of Management eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 318 pages of information about The Psychology of Management.

CHAPTER VII

Records and programmes ......................................    183
  Definition of Record—­Records Under Traditional

Management—­Records Under Transitory Management—­Records
Under Scientific Management—­Criterion of Records—­Records
of Work and Workers—­Records of Initiative—­Records of
Good Behavior—­Records of Achievement—­Records of
“Exceptions”—­Posting of Records—­Summary of Results of
Records to Work and Worker—­Definition of
Programme—­Programmes Under Traditional
Management—­Programmes Under Transitory
Management—­Programmes Under Scientific
Management—­Programmes and Routing—­Possibility of
Prophecy Under Scientific Management—­Summary of Results
of Programmes to Work and Worker—­Relation Between Records
and Programmes—­Types of Records and
Programmes—­Interrelation of Types—­Illustrations of
Complexity of Relations—­Possibilities of Eliminating
Waste—­Derivation of the Programme—­Summary:  (a) Effect of
Relations Between Records and Programmes on the Work; (b)
Effect on the Worker.

CHAPTER VIII

Teaching ....................................................    208
  Definition of Teaching—­Teaching Under Traditional

Management—­Faults Due to Lack of Standards—­Teaching
Under Transitory Management—­Teaching Under Scientific
Management—­Importance of Teaching—­Conforming of Teaching
to Psychological Laws—­Conservation of Valuable Elements
of Traditional and Transitory Management—­Scope of
Teaching—­Source of Teaching—­Methods of
Teaching—­Instruction Cards as Teachers—­Systems as
Teachers—­Drawings, Charts, Plans and
Photographs—­Functional Foremen as Teachers—­Object
Lessons as Teachers—­Training the Senses—­Forming Good
Habits—­Importance of Teaching Right Motions
First—­Stimulating Attention—­Forming
Associations—­Educating the Memory—­Cultivating the
Imagination—­Developing the Judgment—­Utilizing
Suggestion—­Utilizing Native Reactions—­Developing the
Will—­Adaptability of Teaching—­Provision of Places for
Teaching—­Measurement of Teaching—­Relation of Teaching to
Academic Training and Vocational Guidance—­Summary:  (a)
Result of Teaching in the Work; (b) Result of Teaching to
the Worker; (c) Results to be Expected in the Future.

CHAPTER IX

Incentives ..................................................    271
  Definition of Incentive—­Importance of

Incentives—­Direct and Indirect Incentives—­Definition of
Reward—­Definition of Punishment—­Nature of Direct
Incentives—­The Reward Under Traditional Management—­The
Punishment Under Traditional Management—­The
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