Présentation de l'éditeur
Andrew Carnegie is credited with saying that if he had to lose his plants or his organization, he would prefer to lose the former; for they could be replaced more quickly than his organization. This is especially true of contracting. The building of an organization for this work means years of effort. Contractors just starting in the business quickly realize this; the older men in the field know that hundred percent efficiency in any contracting organization is seldom reached. The principles of modern management should leave nothing for chance to decide. Therefore, the successful contractor of today must break away from old inefficient methods and practise modern ways. To do this calls for real leadership. In mechanical lines much has been done to try out this new leadership to adopt scientific management and establish new standards for a greater efficiency in manufacturing. It has been thought that these principles, so successfully applied in the manufacturing field, are not applicable to engineering and architectural construction. This idea, however, has been proven erroneous by the successful work of those pioneers in the contracting field. The authors experience as a construction economist covering the past decade has taught him that scientific management is applicable to construction he has applied and is applying the principles of such management with a fair degree of success. This treatise is the result of the authors experience. It is offered to the profession with the hope that engineers and contractors can build up and strengthen their organizations for greater efficiency, making possible the earning of larger profits. Daniel J. Hauer. A pril, 1918.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)
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