Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-17
EFFICIENCY, AS
APPLIED TO WORK
Prominent Business Men Hear
Lecture by Member OF
Emerson Institute.

Prominent business men OF New
ark made mp a greater part of the
audience at Wallace Hall last night,
when George f. Barber of the Elmer
son Institute of Efficiency. delivered
a lecture on efficiency Invitations
we're issued to the superintendents of
factories. department stores, and
those holding the more responsible
position in the various business
houses throughout the city.
Beginning next Monday the New
ark Y. NJ. c. A. win open two classes
Tor the scientific study OF efficiency.
Glasses will be held every Monday
evening. the early class starting at
$50 o'clock and concluding at 1880
O'Clock. while the other session VIII
be held from to 10 o'clock. MI.
Barber viii teach both classes.
Just what the Emerson system IS
was explained by AIr. Barber.
in order to get the greatest
amount Of efficiency out of ourselves,
and our business. Mr.. Barber said
ut is necessary to make careful
study of every phase of our life, ac-
eordiug to certain definite principles.
The first step is the taking of rec
ords. which show just what We are
doing. Every student is REQUIRED TO
record lust what he was engaged IN
durino every hour of the day for a
week BY analysing this first week S
record carefully. il will became APP
parent lust how much time we are
losing and why we are wasting It,
Remedial measures may then be in
stituted.
"The next step is planning. or a
general reimbursement of our routine,
with a view of saving time and
money After that comes 'schedul-
ing. which is more specific than
planning and entails the laying out
of the work, according to definite
time schedules. which must he rigidly
adhered to- The American people,
the speaker said, are woefully de-
ficient in planning.
s'Of course, every one does a GER
tain amount of planning" said Mr.
Barber. "but, as a rule, we don't do
Il Systematically. Let me give you
an example of scientific planning,
and let us compare it with an in
stance OF natural planning.
Frank Gilbreth, through the in
stallation of the elevated platform,
revolutionized the bricllaying trade.
Fills simple innovation did away with
the necessity OF a bricklayer stoop-
ing to the ground every time to pick
up brick or some mortar, thus min
ilnizing the time and labor expended.
aud increasing the efficiency of the
individual bricklayer from 800 to 400
per cent. 1t took Mr.. Gllbreth just
eighteen months to do the trick. He
used scientific methods
1.-THE best example of natural eff
cheney. in my opinion, is the fire de-
partment, which has a rating of 100
per cent. efficiency. To evolve the
various features of the system, the
drop harness, the sliding pole, the
automatic door for the stalls at the
rear of the engine. took thirty years.
That Is the difference between nat
ural and scientific planning"
The speaker briefly outlined other
steps. which will be considered in the
course, which are as follows: Time
and Motion Study" standardized
Operations. standard Practice In
struction. Ideals Common
Sense" Competent Counsel" Dis
cipline.r Square Deal" and Eff
cheney Reward"