BIOLOGY IN HUMAN AFFAIRS 



Approaching the industrial worker from opposite 

 angles, these two scientists had nevertheless arrived at 

 the same definition of their duties and were using similar 

 methods. What more striking illustration can there be 

 of the fact that in large measure the interests of employer 

 and employee are one. Both benefit from elimination of 

 fatigue, simplification of work, improvement of training, 

 and correct placement of the worker. Indeed, when I 

 asked the president of the chocolate works why he em- 

 ployed a psychologist whose sole concern was the interest 

 of the employees, he instantly replied, "I find that it pays. ' ' 



Such are in brief some representative accomplishments of 

 this young science of industrial psychology. They hint 

 at what may be expected in future years, as the ideals of 

 scientific method and the techniques of experimental 

 investigation come to be used more and more widely, by 

 industrial psychologists, psychiatrists, physiologists, and 

 management engineers, working together on problems 

 intimately related to a large and significant sector of life. 



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