Die Entwicklung der Weißgerberei

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Identifikator:: 883887894

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-6560

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Ebert, Georg

Title:: Die Entwicklung der Weißgerberei

Place of publication:: Leipzig

Publisher:: A. Deichert'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung

Year of publication:: 1913

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (XL, 408 Seiten)

Digitisation:: 2017

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: 1.Teil. Die Rohstoffe

Collection:: Economics Books

THE OBSERVATIONAL METHOD 2 35 ability necessary for an accountant. What an industry is interested in is not so much general qualities as specific abilities. This is an age of specialization in every field, of the utmost division of labor and talent. The task of the employment office of a large or a small industry is to classify applicants into groups which are as specific as are the various jobs which they are called upon to per form. For this task the old method of observation, even in the hands of the most skilled observer, is entirely in adequate. However, it may be claimed that observation, even if limited to general impressions, has a valuable place in the process of employment. This may be admitted and it may still be said that the place which at present it holds is far too valuable. Far too much weight is placed upon the results of observation. As one instance typical of the emphasis on observation are quoted the following items which, together with certain other items discussed in a previous chapter, appear on the application form of a very large industry well known for its progressive employment methods: Personal Appearance: Dress, neat medium or slovenly Carriage, alert medium or slouchy Initiative: Wants to lead in everything Creative Quiet pusher Prefers to be led Good Mixer Activity: Live wire nervously quick moder ate phlegmatic slow but steady These items are headed “Interviewer’s Impressions”, and constitute the chief basis upon which the applicant is hired. They are so characteristic and so frequently met

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