Shop Management

Through his business in changing the methods of shop management, the writer has been brought into intimate contact over the years with the organization of manufacturing and industrial establishments, covering a large variety and range of products, and employing workmen in many of the leading trades. In taking a broad view of the field of management, the two facts which appear most noteworthy are:

• What may be called the great unevenness, or lack of uniformity shown, even in our best-run works, in developing the several elements that constitute the management.
• The need for apparent relationship between good shop management and the payment of dividends.