Efficiency Methods
An Introduction to Scientific Management

24 EFFICIENCY METHODS everyone in the business should have the same "ideal," i.e., be working for the same end. In industries with many departments it has been possible to find individuals so remunerated that they would gain personally if some item were increased or decreased in amount, although their gain might ultimately prove the firm’s loss. In a concern closely interwoven by scientific management every- body can have the same aim—getting the work done—and will desire to promote efficiency and eliminate waste. Why did Taylor call his system “ functional management ” ? He pointed out that the old system involved the selection of a number of men as supervisors or foremen who had to combine different qualifications in an almost impossible way. He speaks of the “ nine qualities which go to make up a well-rounded man ”— Brains Education Special or technical knowledge Tact Energy Grit Honesty Judgment or common sense Good health.1 An ordinary foreman is responsible for so much that it is hardly possible for him to oversee every- 1 See F. W. Taylor, “ Shop Management,” p. 96, el seq.