The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-04-08
TRAINING men
and WOMEN IN
BUSINESS WAY

PORTLAND, Ore, April 8.-A
course for business men and women
in brand new profession evolved
largely during the war with Germany
is in progress at Reed College here
and will continue to May 10. The
course is in employment management.
1t requires background of business
experience and is aimed to develop
executive ability and knowledge of up
to-the-minute methods in employment
efficiency. The course is being given
with federal assistance and will be
presented at only four institutions in
the United States. d..
Dr. Thomas w. Mitchell, at the
head of the group of instructors CIV
ing the course here, was for seven
years professor of business admins
tration in the University Of Mime
sofa. More recently he has had the
management of employees in Philadel-
phia, Lebanon, Pa, and New Haven,
Conn, with large industrial organiza-
lions and was assistant director of the
federal employment management
course at Chicago.
Ira B. Cross, professor of labor eco
nomics at the University of California,
Stephen I. Miller, director of the
school of business administration at
the University of Washington, and
several professors at Reed College
will assist in the course.
Those taking the instruction are re-
quirel to be at least rs years of age
and to have at least high school edu-
cation and three to five years of good
business experience. The applicants
also must possess "strong personality,
good initiative and resourcefulness
and sympathetic understanding of
problems affecting the worker" An
advisory committee passes upon appli-
cations for enrolment.
To produce the maximum amount
that the abilities of each individual
must be determined so that he might
be given the tasks for which he was
best qualified, that conditions under
which workers were employed should
promote their physical, mental, and
moral welfare, and that just wages
should be paid to all, according to the
announcement of Reed College, in
forecasting the course.
The experience Of industrial con-
Germs in all parts of the country will
be presented in connection with the
course and there will be frequent dis
cussions, led by members. Lectures
on basic problems of labor economics,
business organization and manage
ment and statistics will be features.
Subjects covered will include absen-
teeism, and hardness, associations of
employment managers, character an
alysis, complaints, cooperation in
management, discharge and voluntary
leaving, discipline, methods of record
keeping, follow-up, hours of work,
fatigue and rest periods, housing,
hygiene and sanitation interview, job
analysis, job specifications, labor
legislation, sources of labor supply,
medical aid, medical and physical ex-
aminations, mental tests, methods OF
introducing department., minimum
wage, relations with foremen and
other executives, profit-sharing, pro-
motions, publicity, rating employees,
recreation, references and recommen-
dation, restaurants and lunch rooms,
accidents and accident prevention, So
cial service, suggestion system, trans
portation, extent and causes of turn
over, reduction of turnover, unem-
ployment, union labor, wage payment,
women and minors in industry and
workmens compensation.
AS a result of the Investigations re-
quired to meet these problems virtu-
ally new profession, that of employ
ment management, came into being.
The staff of this division of the war
industries board for vocational educa.
ton. Only four courses In employ
ment management are to be given In
the country, one of these being the
!. one now starting at Reed College
TaE
The dates for the Portland course
we're set as for April to May TO-