Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...all be thoroughly cognizant of and sympathetic with up-to-date procedure in industrial relations and then of course he must be a man who has a nose for news and who can write." When next asked whether the need for a competent editor was not recognized and if not, why, he said: "No, it is not, and the reason is that the average plant manager is not sufficiently posted on industrial relations, particularly that part of it that has to do with the workingman's mental viewpoint, to recognize the need of a good man to fill the bill. In other words, he knows little or nothing about industrial psychology and therefore cannot see in what subtle ways propaganda cleverly prepared can be utilized to put the people under him aright. "Just to prove that what I say is true," the man went on, pointing to a stack of magazines and papers on his desk, "glance through that pile of house organs. I have been placed on the Safety Council's new list and I have been simply deluged with requests of editors of shop papers and internal house organs, which I have never heard of before, to be placed on our exchange list. And such publications as they are! Bah! I really believe some youngsters in the sixth or seventh grade in grammar school could do better work getting them out. Honestly, they are the crudest stuff imaginable! How some people can throw money away on such junk is beyond me. And how they can believe that the working men and women under them, especially the men and women of to-day who are studying more than ever, are greatly influenced by the stuff is beyond me. "Numerous people," he continued, "write in to me or call me up asking about the necessary procedure for publishing an employees' magazine. Before giving out any advice I try to get from them data about...
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