Citizenship in the Industrial World

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Longmans, Green and Company Limited, 1928 - 297 Seiten
 

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Seite 242 - To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the first principle (the germ as it were) of public affections. It is the first link in the series by which we proceed towards a love to our country, and to mankind.
Seite 43 - African explorer, as well as a ' tone-poet ' and saint. But the thing is simply impossible. The millionaire's work would run counter to the saint's; the bon-vivant and the philanthropist would trip each other up; the philosopher and the lady-killer could not well keep house in the same tenement of clay. Such different characters may conceivably at the outset of life be alike possible to a man. But to make any one of them actual, the rest must more or less be suppressed.
Seite 43 - ... and a lady-killer, as well as a philosopher; a philanthropist, statesman, warrior, and African explorer, as well as a ' tone-poet
Seite 132 - The settlement of the general principles governing the conditions of employment, including the methods of fixing, paying, and readjusting wages, having regard to the need for securing to the workpeople a share in the increased prosperity of the industry.
Seite 160 - Perhaps the most prominent single element in modern scientific management is the task idea. The work of every workman is fully planned out by the management at least one day in advance, and each man receives in most cases complete written instructions, describing in detail the task which he is to accomplish, as well as the means to be used in doing the work.
Seite 212 - In addition, perhaps, some consumption of alcohol and tobacco, and some indulgence in fashionable dress are in many places so habitual, that they may be said to be conventionally necessary...
Seite 281 - The combination of different nations in one State is as necessary a condition of civilised life as the combination of men in society.
Seite 143 - Of these 949 were classified as heavy work, requiring strong able-bodied and practically physically perfect men; 3,338 required men of ordinary physical development and strength. The remaining 3,595 jobs were disclosed as requiring no physical exertion and could be performed by the slightest, weakest sort of men. In fact most of them could be satisfactorily filled by women or older children. The lightest jobs were again classified to discover how many of them required the use of full faculties, and...
Seite 84 - Low production caused by faulty management of materials, plant equipment, and men. "2. Interrupted production caused by idle men, idle materials, idle plants, idle equipment. "3. Restricted production intentionally caused by owners, management, or labor. " 4. Lost production, caused by ill health, physical defects, and industrial accidents.
Seite 282 - The co-existence of several nations under the same State is a test, as well as the best security of its freedom.

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