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A Method for Increasing the Efficiency of the Workman

VARIABLES OF THE WORKER 33 as an aid to its best performance. They embrace a group of sub-variables which are difficult to describe and analyze, and are of immense importance in influencing output. That acquiring good habits of work makes the worker more versatile as well as more efficient is forcefully stated by Mr. Gantt in his book on “ Work, Wages, and Profits.” He says: “The habits that a man has to acquire to become effi- cient in one class of work stand him in good stead in be- coming efficient in other work. These habits of work are vastly more important than the work itself, for it is our experience that a man who has become efficient in one thing, readily learns to become efficient at doing other things.” Health The health of the worker may be affected by: i. Other things than his work and the conditions under which it is done. 2. The work. Consideration of other things than the work may prop- erly be left to the welfare department. This department can most successfully define the scope of its work by attempting to improve the man himself and his surround- ings in every way that will make him a better and more successful worker. This criterion will satisfy both em- ployer and employee as to the appropriateness, justness, and utility of the work of the welfare department. The life of the man when away from work is only in so far subject to the inspection and jurisdiction of the so-