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Industrial Progress and Human Economics

Industrial Progress and Human Economics

by James Hartness

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Author
Hartness, James, 1861-1934
Credits
Produced by Christopher Bloomfield and PG Distributed Proofreaders
Language
English
LoC Class
HF: Social sciences: Commerce
Subject
Personnel management
Category
Text
eBook-No.
11090
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11090
Release Date
February 1, 2004
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Industrial Progress — and — Human Economics
  2. 2.James Hartness
  3. 3.FOREWORD.
  4. 4.CONQUEST OF PEACE.
  5. 5.VERMONT FAVORABLY LOCATED.
  6. 6.OUR PROBLEM.
  7. 7.HAVE FAITH IN VERMONT.
  8. 8.OUR INDUSTRIAL POLICY.
  9. 9.LIMITATIONS OF MAN'S PROGRESS.
  10. 10.PROTECT THE INDUSTRIAL SPIRIT.
  11. 11.WHAT IS NOT AN INDUSTRY.
  12. 12."DEAD" ORGANIZATIONS.
  13. 13.SOME INDUSTRIAL HOWS, WHYS AND WHATS.
  14. 14.NEW INDUSTRIES.
  15. 15.INVENTOR'S PROPORTION.
  16. 16.MANUFACTURERS AND NEW INDUSTRIES.
  17. 17.HABIT ACTION, BASIS OF SKILL AND PROFICIENCY.
  18. 18.SPECIALIZATION.
  19. 19.* INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT. — Good Results with Moderate Effort. — Physical Condition of Worker. — Capacity for New Ideas. — Money not the Only Dividend. — Right Placing of Men. — Unimportant Details. — Cure for Mind Wandering. — The Manager's View. — Sub-division of Work. — Care in Applying New Theories. — Progressive Energy. — Profit by Experience. — Dissipation of Energies. — Tying up Capital in Stock in Process of Construction. — Cost of the Product. — Largest Profit Per Dollar Invested. — The Workers Help Bring Success. — Have Faith in Your Products. — Specialization.
  20. 20.INVENTION — Be Practical. — The Inventor Sees Opportunities to Improve. — Improvements May Be Disasterous. — Natural Fitness. — Repeated Thinking. — Concentrating Attention. — Interest Must be Awakened, Not Forced. — Establishing Useful Ruts. — All Men are Human Beings. — Easiest Way to Improve. — Technical View Insufficient. — Inventions Should Not Mix With Details. — Designing by the Square Foot. — Problems to Consider. — The Hero of the Eraser.

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