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managing and planning 



all others employed in supervising the 

 work in one way and another add to the cost 

 although they contribute no direct 

 labor to it. This supervision is necessary, how* 

 i order that the work may be done regu- 

 larly, accurately, and up to the standards in time 

 and qua! It is required because there are so 



many workers who are skillful with their hands 

 in carrying out what they have been told, but who 

 e never developed the capacity to think out 

 for themselves how things shall be done. 



In order that the work may be carried out in 

 an order! \ fashion and without confusion, some 

 instructions must be given to and heeded by all 

 supc In Book I, it was pointed out that 



all workers, of are subordinates in 



one part of their work and, as subordinates, arc 

 required to carry out the instructions of others. 

 The president of a company is instructed b> 

 boa: rectors and they in turn arc instructed 



by the stockholders. So all down the line there 

 are some instructions to be followed. You are 

 ructcd to do certain things in your work as 

 men and those things arc your responsib; 

 : instructed in all details as to how 

 shall do them, because you have learned to think 

 about your job and plan how these general instruc- 

 tions can be carried out in detail. There is scope 

 left for your judgment and the development of 

 your mental capacity in your That is one 



of the things u % interesting 



vc to a red-blooded man. 



