Excerpt from The American Office: Its Organization, Management Ment and Records The factory has had the lion's share of attention during all this attempt to reduce motions and increase output - that is, reduce costs. The office is only now coming into its own. Lack of literature and the feeling that the office is differ ent have been somewhat responsible for the delay in apply ing to the office the principles that have been found sound in the factory. Yet, taking the country as a whole, we find cer tain principles applied here and others there. Unconsciously, business concerns have, each contributing a part, built up What might almost be termed a science of office organiza tion and management. There is no need, therefore, to ex pound new theories. The author has found it unnecessary to go beyond the experiences of the better managed offices. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.