REWARDS OF MANAGEMENT RESEMBLE REWARDS OF WORKERS.—­So far the emphasis, in the discussion of reward, has been on the reward as given to the worker, and his feeling toward it.  The reward to the management is just as sure.  It lies in the increased output and therefore the possibility of lower costs and of greater financial gain.  It is as positive; it is as predetermined, because before the reward to the men is fixed the management realizes what proportion that reward will bear to the entire undertaking, and exactly what profits can be obtained.  It is a fundamental of Scientific Management that the management shall be able to prophesy the outputs ahead.  It will certainly be as personal, if the management side is as thoroughly systematized as is the managed; it will be as fixed and as assured, and it certainly is as prompt, as the cost records can be arranged to come to the management every day, if that is desired.

RESULTS OF SUCH REWARDS.—­There are three other advantages to management which might well be added here.  First, that a reward such as this attracts the best men to the work; second, that the reward, and the stability of it, indicates the stability of the entire institution, and thus raises its standing in the eyes of the community as well as in its own eyes; and third, that it leads the entire organization, both managed and managing, to look favorably at all standardization.  The standardized reward is sure to be attractive to all members.  As soon as it is realized that the reason that it is attractive is because it is standardized, the entire subject of standardization rises in the estimation of every one, and the introduction of standards can be carried on more rapidly, and with greater success.

REWARDS DIVIDED INTO PROMOTION AND PAY.—­Rewards may be divided into two kinds; first, promotion and, second, pay.  Under Scientific Management promotion is assured for every man and, as has been said, this promotion does not thereby hold back others from having the same sort of promotion.  There is an ample place, under Scientific Management, for every man to advance.[3] Not only is the promotion sure, thus giving the man absolute assurance that he will advance as his work is satisfactory, but it is also gradual.[4] The promotion must be by degrees, otherwise the workers may get discouraged, from finding their promotion has come faster than has their ability to achieve, and the lack of attention, due to being discouraged, may be contagious.  It is, therefore, of vital importance that the worker be properly selected, in order that, in his advancement and promotion, he shall be able to achieve his task after having been put at the new work.  He must be advanced and promoted in a definite line of gradual development, in accordance with a fully conceived plan.  This should be worked out and set down in writing as a definite plan, similar to the plan on the instruction card of one of his tasks.