Quote: instead of a single foreman use an inspector, gang boss, speed boss, repair boss, time clerk, route clerk, and disciplinarian

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Under functional management, the old-fashioned single foreman is superseded by eight different men ... [p. 124] One of these teachers (called the inspector) sees to it that [the employee] understands the drawings and instructions for doing the work. .. The second teacher (the gang boss) shows him how to set up the job on his machine ... The third (the speed boss) sees that the machine is run at the best speed and the proper tool is used in the particular way ... In addition ... the workman receives orders and help from four other men; from the "repair boss" ... from the "time clerk," as to everything relating to his pay ... from the "route clerk," as to the order in which he does his work ... [p. 125] and, in case a workman gets into any trouble with any of his various bosses, the "disciplinarian" interviews him.   Google-1   Google-2

Published before 1923

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