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Title: The efficient man
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: West, Thomas D. (Thomas Dyson), 1851-1915
Subjects: Success Employee motivation Industrial efficiency Personnel management
Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio : Gardner Printing Co.
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
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is a circumstance thatthe small man, aspiring to be a commander, must espe-cially consider and qualify himself to meet it. In brief,this means that where the large man may often commandgreatly by the power of his carriage, the small man mightonly be able to do so by in addition to his dignity pos-sessing high ability in skill, ingenuity, tact, resourceful-ness and discretion. The very smallness of a diminutivesupervisor often invites those under his charge to attemptinsubordination and the making of trouble that would nothave been thought of were he a large man. In the authors search for supervisors, he has occa-sionally requested those at a distance to state their heightand weight in connection with the details of their ex-perience, skill, age, references, etc. This was done topermit his judging as to the sturdy build of a man, asfar as he might be able to do so, and again whether ifthe applicant was a very large man there might be anytendency for him to depend too much on his large
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Fig. 5. THE STURDY BOSSES 54 THE EFFICIENT MAN physique and awesome carriage. In this latter respect theauthor has no recollection of small men aiming to makegood other than through their practical skill, theoreticalknowledge, ingenuity, and resourcefulness, associatedwith an amicable disposition. One of the best foremen the author ever developedwas one sturdy little fellow weighing less than 125 poundsand about five feet three inches tall. However, there arevery few overseers of small stature, however sturdy theymight be, but must have at times .wished themselves oflarger build so that they could the better floor a pei-sistent troublemaker should they find diplomacy or for-bearance failing to prevent their being annoyed orharassed by rebellious or intoxicated assistants or oper-atives. The difference in ability of a small and a large manto physically defend themselves, or to discourage othersfrom attacking them, is one cause for finding the smallman making a special effort to develop

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