Group action : and the existing industrial unrest / by B.R. Ward.

  • Ward, B. R. (Bernard Rowland), 1863-
Date:
1912
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Credit: Group action : and the existing industrial unrest / by B.R. Ward. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    One is to leave things alone, and to allow matters to settle themselves along the Line of Least Resistance. This method is illustrated by Liberalism of the Manchester School. A second is complete nationalisation. This is the method of Socialism. A third is the method which allows for the activities of Group Action, and involves the encouragement of good employers. This has been illustrated above, in the case of military organisation, by the utilisation of Pasley by the military authorities in 1812. A study of the many varieties of indus- trial organisations, followed by a system of rewards and honours for successful industrial organisers, might help us out of our present impasse. In the complex condition of the world to-day, it is rather a matter for surprise that so much of the machinery is work-