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"A principal may be expected to take pride in his dealings with other principals, in his expertise in some special field, or in macroscopic evidence of the resu
by convolvatron 4y ago
"A principal may be expected to take pride in his dealings with other principals, in his expertise in some special field, or in macroscopic evidence of the results of his work, such as sales volume, cases successfully handled, etc. He is less likely to be motivated by the development of supporting skills, such a learning the intricacies of his firm's computing system. This may be contrasted with the pride a secretary might take in such skills as typing, shorthand, or filing. Furthermore, a principal will devote less time to the exercise of such skills."
42 years
- bitsavers 4y agoMy reaction to the IBM papers is "Information Age Taylorism"
- Forge36 4y ago“The term "principal" will denote a person who works in an office and whose productivity is, or could be, substantially enhanced by secretarial support. Principals' roles include manager, administrator, and professional; and they are found in all major industries, in government, and in education, law, and medicine. [...] The productivity of many principals is difficult to measure. We shall not deal explicitly with this problem.” Someone whose output is hard to directly measure? How does this differ from other indirect job roles?
- DiggyJohnson 4y agoWhat? How is that the definition you derive from the quotation?