“Management Must Manage”

Abstract

The article comments on leadership in business and the management function in the United States. In a free enterprise system, management is responsible for the organization's economic performance and productive efficiency, as well as the social life of the plant or corporate community. When management fails to take the initiative in labor relations, it is seen by the community as a failure to function. Topics include an example that illustrates an "enfant terrible" in management, the dual role of the foreman, selection and development of top executives, public resistance to a business location, and policies to conserve human resources such as keeping the older worker.