Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-06-13
BUSINESS ORGANIZATION.

BUSINESS ORGANIZATION.
All different business institutions, whether big or
little should be conducted in departments and the re-
sponsibility Of managing the details of each depart
ment should be with the head of that department These
department heads the parts Of the organization that
superntend the execution Of the plans of the business
and the employer who puts upon them the responsibility
is the employer who develops the best He calls
them into counsel and gets their opinion the situation
and gives each mans utterances the fullest considera-
ton In that way the business gets the benefit Of the col
lective opinion instead of getting into the rut OF one
opinion.
business that is absolutely dependent upon one
mans personal management is not conducted along the
line of permanency
The man who conducts his institution in way that
makes him feel that it requires his daily personal dlrec
ton is not building business that will be asset for
his family when he dies
The man who conducts his business in way that
builds up organization in which he has condenceand
feels is able to carry the work at any me is building
asset for the future.
1t said the first requisite of business man IS the
power to attract good men and develop them.
A business organization conducted by a man who
has confidence in the honesty and ability of men will
continuously develop men from its ranks.
The employer must always remember that ne can
not develop man-that is make that man more valu-
able to himself and to the insttuton-unless he, the
employer, has confidence in mankind in general.
No employer who is suspicious Of everyone in his
employ, develops anyone. He does not develop
himself He will never have a business organization un
til he gets over that general suspicion, because he will
not put responsibility upon trust in his employees
successful business in speaking about his ability
to push the ahead who working for him, said:
"The way to develop man is to keep giving him
little to do each week until he is acquainted with
what is to be done in his department.. Then the first
time the opportunity comes load him up with all he
do at his present gait and then add to that
If he the right kind of man he will not sulk about it,
but will dig in cheerfully turn over to some one IN his
department some of the details that he himself has been
attending to and get the work accomplished When he
has performed his task he will come to his employer
with feeling of confidence in himself ready and willing
and anxious tackle any job that you push at him.
From that moment he is worth to himself and
more to the institution and should receive more If he
sulks under the load and refuses to pull then OF course
he is not developing himself fast as he should and is
retardng the progress Of the whole machine However,
there are very few but who want to get ahead in
the line in which they are employed and the number
that hang back is very small"
When an employer finds that he does not have in
his employ any at all whom he thinks is worthy of
advancement it is very likely that the employer him
self is the one that is at fault There business
who are continually turning out from their establish
ment men who go into business for themselves. There
are others who have been in business for years and
years and yet never developed nwhom they have
confidence enough leave in charge of the business for
week. In that it is the employer and not the
ploye who is to blame.
Confidence in mankind is Of the strongest
characteristics of big business and is absolutely
necessary to who going to conduct big bust
ness A very small percentage Of the people are dis
honest and the man who thinks otherwise should talk to
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