192 Materials and Then Handling 



team than the necessary number ni" individuals 

 who are skillful in the game. You know how 

 much time, patience, experience, and tact arc neces- 

 sary to fit the players into their proper places, 

 that they may function as one machine. Indi- 

 vidual play which would be costly to the team must 

 be eliminated. The spot light must be left out 

 of the consideration of the individual, and his 

 personal part must be played with the team in 

 mind all the time; otherwise, there would be con- 

 fusion and errors, and no victories. 



Every group of men in industry, working on 

 any part of the job of making these useful prod- 

 ucts, must be welded into a team. The job is a 

 team job, as it cannot be done by one man. Al- 

 though the skill will vary and the relative value 

 of the individuals will vary, each is necessary to 

 the accomplishment of the object and they must be 

 welded together to such an extent that they will 

 adjust the individual play, so that it agrees with 

 the requirements of the group and the object of 

 the group. Some of the workers in industry have 

 seen this necessity, but they have visualized it as 

 requiring a standardization of effort so that each 

 man did just the same amount of work and with- 

 out any attempt to use the whole of his capacity. 

 That is not the team spirit nor the team require- 

 ment. The full development of the group means 

 that each man will work to his full capacity, but 

 that he will do this with the necessity of the team 

 in mind and with full and free obedience to the 

 leader whose job as leader he recognizes fully. 





