The Principles of Scientific Management

THE PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT 85 First. The development (by the management, not the workman) of the science of bricklaying, with rigid rules for each motion of every man, and the perfection and standardization of all implements and working conditions. Second. The careful selection and subsequent training of the bricklayers into first-class men, and the elimination of all men who refuse to or are unable to adopt the best methods. Third. Bringing the first-class bricklayer and the science of bricklaying together, through the con- stant help and watchfulness of the management, and through paying each man a large daily bonus for working fast and doing what he is told to do. Fourth. An almost equal division of the work and responsibility between the workman and the manage- ment. All day long the management work almost side by side with the men, helping, encouraging, and smoothing the way for them, while in the past they stood one side, gave the men but little help, and threw on to them almost the entire responsi- bility as to methods, implements, speed, and har- monious cooperation. Of these four elements, the first (the development of the science of bricklaying) is the most interesting and spectacular. Each of the three others is, how- ever, quite as necessary for success. It must not be forgotten that back of all this, and directing it, there must be the optimistic, determined, and hard-working leader who can wait patiently as well as work.