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holidays, it was certainly never intended to be at the expense 

 of the work ; if the holidays areno be granted the work must 

 be up to date, and it is for the head clerk and office staff to 

 arrange things amongst themselves to this end, by punctual- 

 ity, steady work in office hours, an occasional hour overtime 



if necessary, and so on. But on " no 

 Correspondence, , n u i 



files, etc., not to be account " must records, files or any books 

 taken away. ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ offi^^e under this 



plea or any other. If your clerks are irregular, unpunctual, 

 unsteady, or slovenly, give the offender warning at once, 

 and only twice ; at the third offence the delinquents must go. 

 Be strong about this, there are lots more clerks, your work 

 won't stop because one man has to go, however indispensable 

 he may appear — chase him. The head clerk must look 

 after the others, under the manager's direction ; it is not 

 enough for the head clerk to be a "good" man himself. 



Head Clerk to run do his own particular share of the work 

 Office -or BO. y^^w and let the rest look after itself. 



He must " run " his office, and run it well, and be respon- 

 sible to the manager for whatever is put in front of him. 

 Second and third clerks should not put up papers, etc., for 

 signature without the initial of the head clerk, and as a 

 rule, and as far as may be, all things for signature should be 

 brought up once daily only. This saves time, constant running 

 about and getting up and down, and tends to system of 

 working. If your head clerk cannot run his office well and 

 smoothly, and won't learn to do so pretty quickly, change 

 him : there are millions of babus in India. Have your office 



A well conducted clean, tidy, with a methodical system, 

 office no trouble. punctual and regular hours fqr clerks, 



a minimum of noise and talking, and keep out visitors and 

 others except on business with yourself; be just, clear and 

 concise, but don't let the head clerk or his subordinates 

 forget that you are manager and boss and know every detail 

 of the work, and so are quite independent of their services 

 if need be ; a well conducted office will save you lots of 

 worry. 



