The Psychology of Management

Author: : L. M. Gilbreth

Genre: Literature

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Chapter 1 RECORDS-----| 1. unconscious record

| |2. conscious record, not written

| /(a) One of a gang---|3. written record

| | |4. standardized record

| | \ /(a) made by man

\2. Man working--| |(b) " " manager

for another | /1. unconscious record |(a) made by man

| |2. conscious record, |(b) " " manager

\(b) Individual | not written ---|(a) made by man

output |3. written record |(b) " " manager

\4. standardized record |(a) made by man

|(b) " " manager

|(a) made by man

\(b) " " manager

|1. unconscious programme

/1. Man working-----------------------|2. conscious programme

| for himself |3. written programme

| |4. standardized programme

| \

Chapter 2 Man working for himself. 1. Unconscious record, unconscious programme.

2. Conscious record, unconscious programme.

?3. Unconscious record, conscious programme.

?4. Conscious record, conscious programme.

?5. Unconscious record, written programme.

?6. Written record, unconscious programme.

?7. Conscious record, written programme.

?8. Written record, conscious programme.

?9. Written record, written programme.

10. Standardized record, standardized programme.

Illustration of This Complexity. - Table II represents the man working for himself, with subdivisions under it showing the possible relationship between his record and his programme. We find that these are at least ten, reaching all the way from the unconscious record and unconscious programme of the migrating transitory laborer to the standardized record and the standardized programme of the manager who manages himself scientifically.

Each one of these represent a distinct psychological stage. The progression may not be regular and smooth as is here given, - it may be a jump, possibly even from one to nine. It may, however, be a slow progression from one stage to another, largely to be determined by the type of mind that is considered, and the opportunities for development along scientific lines which are afforded. It is the writer's intention to discuss these at length at some other time. Here it is only possible to enumerate, in order to show the size and complexity of the problem which is here involved.

The table does not indicate, as perhaps it should, the fact that the relationship between an unconscious record and an unconscious programme is slight, while the relation between a written programme and a written record is very close indeed. In Table IV this will be indicated.

TABLE III

Chapter 3 Record unconscious. Programme cannot be definite.

Method is indefinite.

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