Книга: The Job, the Man, the Boss (Classic Reprint)

THE JOB, THE MAN, THE BOSS CHAPTER! MIND OR MUSCLE - WHICH? ONE of the most common sights from our , steamer as we ascended the Nile was the shadoof men. Hour after hour, day-after da 1' under the burning Nubian sun, they dipped water from the Nile and poured it out upon the sands of the desert for irrigation. -'Vhen the banks were high, one naked man stood in water up to his waist a second was stationed halfway up the bank, and a third at the top. Thus, in perfect rhythm, chanting weird songs, they passed the life-giving, brown water from hand to hand. In India we saw porters plodding along, mile after mile, with heavy burdens on their shoulders. On the Canton River in China we saw coolies on their treadmills, toiling day after day to furnish motIve power for their clumsy boats. In the city of Canton we saw flour g,ro und by great millstones Table of Contents CONTENTS Introduction I Mind or Muscle - Which? II The Ideal in Employment III A Scientific Plan of Employment IV Discipline' V The Job VI Securing and Handling Applicants VII Analyzing the lVIan - Heredity and Environment VIII Analyzing the Man - Nine Fundamental Phvsical Variables ' IX Analyzing the Man - Practical Application X The Boss 200 XI The Employment Supervisor and His Staff 214 ' XII Some Functions of an Employment Department 225 XIII The Art of Handling Men 240 XIV Educating Employees XV Vocational Guidance ix 249 258 ' -About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the difficult to