A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE PLANT OF STUDEBAKER BROS. MANUFACTURING CO., SOUTH BEND, IND.
Napoleon, it has been claimed, could call by name every man in his armies, but, however great value may have been placed on such a memory feat, the manager of the present-day great business organization, who can call by name each of his employes, is an exception.
Fig. 35. Card for Record of Applicants
Fig. 36. Card for Record of Employes
It is not necessary that he should do so, for, as business is now specialized and departmentized, he needs to know only the results of the labor of those employes. By this is not meant that he should not take an interest in the personality of his organization; on the contrary, he should be very much interested, but he can be relieved from burdening his mind with details by means of simple records.
Somewhere in the office there should be as complete a personal record of each employe as is possible to obtain. This record should include applicants, employes, and past employes, and it should be the duty of some person or department to maintain the record. In the smaller establishments, employes' records should be in charge of the chief accountant, office manager, or superintendent; in larger establishments, the employment department will keep these records.