Applied Motion Study
A Collection Method to industrial Preparedness

UNITS, METHODS AND DEVICES 23 the performing. Note also their relation to each other, and to the individual worker. This chart shows one such worker represented by the lowest circle. There should be no objection to repre- senting each individual worker by such a circle, but the relation of each, such worker to those over him is the same. Hence, the lowest circle is typi- cal. It will be noted that the worker receives orders directly from eight different foremen. One might suggest, on observing this, that it has often been said that no man can serve two masters. This holds good to-day, even in scientific management. But under scientific management the worker does not “ serve eight masters ” nor eight functional foremen, but, on the other hand, he receives help from eight different foremen or teachers. In this way, his case is not very different from that of the student who receives instruction from eight dif- ferent professors, in eight different studies. The four functions in the planning department are represented by (2) route man and order-of- work man; (3) instruction cards; (4) time and cost; (5) disciplinarian. While we speak of each function as being represented by one per-