Plant management . nal organiza-tion may be consideredas an extreme application ofstaff control. Under this method the military or linefeatures of control are practically obliterated and thework is divided strictly according to the functions tobe performed. Such an organization is shown in Fig- ?ure 3. Here the foremen, so called for lack of a bet-ter general term, are all specialists and do not performthe general duties of those in Figure 2. It is as thothe general foremen of Figure 2 had been taken apartand the like functions of each one collected togetherto form a new specialized type of fo
Plant management . nal organiza-tion may be consideredas an extreme application ofstaff control. Under this method the military or linefeatures of control are practically obliterated and thework is divided strictly according to the functions tobe performed. Such an organization is shown in Fig- ?ure 3. Here the foremen, so called for lack of a bet-ter general term, are all specialists and do not performthe general duties of those in Figure 2. It is as thothe general foremen of Figure 2 had been taken apartand the like functions of each one collected togetherto form a new specialized type of foremen. Eachworkman receives expert advice or direction from ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION S7 each foreman on the particular phase of the work con-cerning which the foreman is an expert. Thus oneforeman may direct him to place the work in the ma-chine, another may direct what tools he shall use andhow they shall be used. Another may be chargedwith seeing that his machine is in good repair, and so GENERAL MANAGER. WORKMENFlOCRE 3. FuNCTIONAt OsGAlflZATION on, until the entire range of duties performed by theold general foreman in combination with the work-man is carried out by this new combination of special-ists. Obviously this method tends toward furtherdivision of labor and the separation of mental frommanual processes in a very logical manner. It will be clear that in such a form of organizationthe workman wqll be guided and advised on everydetail of the work by men fully competent to give such 38 PLANT MANAGEMENT guidance and advice. On the other hand it will beequally clear that an organization of this kind affordsmost ample opportunity for disagreements as to au-thority, unless the duties of the several specialists arecarefully coordinated. Functional management ismarkedly weak in disciplinary control. 7. Line and functional control compared.—Theadvantages and defects of line organization have al-ready been noted. It will be remembered that lineorganization provides fo
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