The human factor in industry
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Keane, John. 'The human factor in industry'. - Dublin: Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland,Vol. XVI No. 4, 1940/1941, pp47-62Download Item:
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Abstract:
I do ask you to
interpret industry in its widest sense as covering not merely factories
and organised business but human relations in all professions and
individual occupations.
Almost all the real difficulties of life arise from temperament, prejudice,
stupidity, lack of understanding and the vast interaction of
these elusive indeterminate factors. It is on account of this very
elusiveness and lack of any fixed standard by which to measure human
behaviour that many doubt whether the human factor is capable of
any systematic or quasi-scientific treatment in the day to day dealings
of life. These people say: Human nature is ever the same and
unchangeable; free will cannot be brought within the ambit of any
general code of conduct!
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Read on Thursday, 23rd January, 1941
Author: Keane, John
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Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of IrelandType of material:
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Journal of The Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of IrelandVol. XVI No. 4 1940/1941
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Human needs, Worker performanceISSN:
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