Evening star., 1943-05-27
Federal Management
Policies Undecided
As Sessions Close
Agency Chiefs Postpone
Action on Program Until
New Officers Are Elected

A management policy for the Fed
eral Government today remained
unfinished business of the WASH
tngton Chapter, the Society for the
Advancement of Management, fol-
lowing inability of committee yes
terday to agree on a program
When Assistant Lease-Lend Ad-
ministrator Joseph M. Juran, COM
mittee chairman, offered a sug-
gested program at the societys clos
ing session, the presiding officer,
Lyman Moore. assistant admins
traitor of the National Housing
Agency, told delegates Mr.. Juran's
views were his own and that he was
not reporting for a 10-man COM
mittee. The matter will be consid-
cred by new officers to be elected
within several weeks.
Outlines Program.
Mr.. Juran suggested that:
Agencies should avoid duplica-
ton by making full use of infor-
nation, services and facilities avail
able in other agencies.
Except in unusual circumstances,
the number of employees in an or
ganization should be only that
which is sufficient to take care of
normal loads. Peak loads should be
handled through overtime, through
borrowing, through use of pools and
In related ways.
Agencies should give recognition
Of distinctive sort to supervisory
and other personnel who have
achieved improvements which re-
duce the number of people. or the
man-hours. or the materials or
equipment REQUIRED to do any job.
Employe Dealings.
ANY employe has the right to-
criticize. to suggest. and otherwise
to participate in the conduct of the
business of the Government.
within the limits of necessary
discipline, the dealings between su-
pervisors and subordinates should be
on a high plane of human relation
shin which gives full consideration
to the strencths and weaknesses of
the individual
Establishment of a staff agency
Of the highest level of executive re-
sponsibilitv is essential to con-
hnuing initiation and review of over
all MANAGEMENT policy.
Effectiveness in meeting stand
ards of performance shall be the
principal factor in judging merit of
employees
Skill and Abilities.
Selection. training. placement
and promotion of employees should
he based on maximum utilizatio of
skills and abilities.
Where work required by statute
or by long-standing practice has
outllved its usefulness, steps should
be taken to abrogate such statute or
practice
Mr.. Juran's suggestions followed
statement bv Undersecretary of
Commerce Wayne Chatfeld TAYLOR
that collisions among Government
agency heads indicate the need of
Government management policy and
indoctrination courses for all civilian
agencies. This policy statement
probably should originate in Con-
gress, he said
Cites Armed Forces Experience.
Mentioning that many civilian
wartime activities have been as
signed to new agencies. Mr.. Taylor
said systems of organization are
very much like coaching systems in
football, Their success or failure
depend largely on the material. The
armed forces learned through bit
ter experience that unframed ci-
villains killed too many people An
other lesson the armed forces
learned the hard way was that they
obta ined the best results in periods
Of rapid expansion by iudicious
mingling of old and new blood. The
civilian agencies could profit ma
terially by these examples.
We cannot take il for granted