The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-24
new BOSS METHOD
UPHELD IN SPEECH
no LONGER BASED ON FEAR
T. AND WAGES
For Centuries Workers Had De-
spised Stipend Envelope; Now
They Look Forward To 1t
With Different Attitude; Ap,
pication of Science To Stimu.
late Men To Do Things.
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Chicago Ill. March 22.-EmpIoy-
ers everywhere have recognized the
Jolly OF attempting 10 handle men
by he o:G methods based in lear and
wages. said President Walter Dill
scott OF Northwestern university in
sn address At the convocation exer
cises OF the University OF Chicag go
yesterday afterno0 a.A He told how
science had been applied &c the pro
lem of providing incentive.
BY helping each employee to edu
cate himself, President Scott ueid
the American employer is effecung
dose: cooperation. Meanwhile, ne
added. the employer has been at
tempting To place each employee IN
the place where he can do most for
amsslf and tor the business, and is
taxing thought increasingly Tor the
welfare OF MS employees. President
SCctt said in part:
For MANY centuries lear was the
most common incentive to action
where larger groups Of workers
were engaged in industrial enter
yIIsH -Ine workec teare| the lash
OF the master and the oath OF the
gang boss. or the loss OF employ
ment. During recent decades the
employer mas substituted more and
threat vi bodily pain as a stimulus
10 action. The better education and
the organization of the laborirG
class, together with the shortage OF
labor during and following the war
all combined to make the applica
ton of fear as an incentive to &C
ton increasingly difficult. The rapic
increase of wages and rumors Of
even more fabulous rewards remoy
ed the necessity of industry ALI
caused the worker to desplse his
pay envelope.
Application Of Science
The application of science IN
discovering effective methods o.
stimulating men mas been mucl
greater than we are able to appre
Ciate at the present time. The
teaching of modern psychology or
individual differences has had i'm
mediate application.
The emphasis on individual diff
ferences has been of scarcely les!
importance than the emphasis CT
the complexity of each individual
in his response to incentive to &C.
ton. 1t is probable that no human
being is enabled TO make a maxi
mum exertion unless he is moved
by the simultaneous application o.
several motives"
President Scott outlined a pro.
gram in which individual complex
ity would b recognized. by the
hygienic practices enforced in thu
shop. the employee may be taught
the laws of hygiene essential II
the health of the city and so be
come a better member Of the com
munity. BY the helpful cooperation
received from his superiors and nj
fellow workers he may be taught ;
greater appreciation or the fact o.
the brotherhood Of men and the
fatherhood OF God and so become
a better member OF the church. B!
participation in shop self govern
nlent, he may be taught the essen
tails of democratic form of gov
eminent and so become a better
citizen Of the state. BY study o
the service the company renders Il
the world, and by a recognition o
the part he plays in that service hi
may be taught new conception o
the dignity OF the worker and so bt
elevated in his own estimation ant
inspired with an ambition TO- be
come the highest possible type o
human being"
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