The psychology of management : the function of the mind in determining, teaching and installing methods of least waste / by L.M. Gilbreth.

  • Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Date:
1914
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Credit: The psychology of management : the function of the mind in determining, teaching and installing methods of least waste / by L.M. Gilbreth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    that it becomes actually usable at once. This not only allows him to judge others, but provides for self- knowledge, which is one of the most valuable of all of the outcomes of Scientific Management. He be- comes mentally capable of estimating his own powers and predicting what he himself is capable of doing. The outcome of this mental development is (a) wider interest. (b) deeper interest. (c) increased mental capabilities. The better method of attack would necessarily pro- vide for wider interest. The fact that any subject taken up is in its ultimate final unit form, would cer- tainly lead to deeper interest; and the exercise of these two faculties leads to increased mental capabilities. Moral Development.— Moral development under Scientific Management results from the provisions made for cultivating — 1. personal responsibility. 2. responsibility for others. 3. appreciation of standing. 4. self-control. 5. “ squareness.” 1. Personal responsibility is developed by (a) Individual recognition. When the worker was considered merely as one of a gang, it was very easy for him to shift responsibili- ties upon others. When he knows that he is regarded by the management, and by his mates, as an individual, that what he does will show up in an individual record, and will receive individual reward or punishment,
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