“Just the kind of anecdotes which preachers, Sunday school teachers and other speakers like to use to adorn the tale which points a moral.”
+ Booklist 16:257 My ’20
CHELLEW, HENRY. Human and industrial efficiency; preface by Lord Sydenham. *$2 (9c) Putnam 658.7
20–21085
The book aims to map out the broad outlines of the problem of human efficiency and lays no claim to academic or scientific treatment. “Today as never before we are called upon to mobilize all our thoughts, acts and emotions in the name of efficiency” but “efficiency is not a mechanical thing; it is the science of life itself” and scientific management and welfare work have only taken the first steps towards humanizing the life of the worker. Contents: Introductory; Human efficiency; What is fatigue? Applied psychology; Selecting employees; Scientific management and the welfare of the worker; Appendix: Handling the human factor; Training executives for efficiency; How to establish an efficiency club.
“There is nothing very new in the matter or treatment; there are the usual generalities and assumptions, but the book is clearly written.”
+ Ath p1272 N 28 ’19 60w
“The volume fortunately is short, for it contains little particularly worth reading that has not been much better said by others.” E. R. Burton
− Survey 45:515 Ja 1 ’21 150w