Chapter I

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Management

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MANAGEMENT The Function of the Mind in Determining, Teaching and Installing Methods of Least Waste BY

L.M. Gilbreth, Ph.D.

New York the Macmillan Company 1921

1914, by the Macmillan Company

Set up and electrotyped. Published March, 1914

To My Father and Mother

DESCRIPTION AND GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MANAGEMENT

Definition of Psychology of Management — Importance of the Subject — Purpose of this Book — Definition of Management — The Three Types of Management — Possible Psychological Studies of Management — Plan of Psychological Study Here Used — Underlying Ideas or Divisions of Scientific Management — Outline of Method of Investigation — Conclusions to be Reached.