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CONSIDERABLE progress is being made with the organisation of the Sixth International Congress for Scientific Management, which is to be held in London on July 15-18, 1935. A strong council which includes representatives of societies connected with various phases of scientific management has been formed. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales is the patron of the Conference and Government support has been promised. The chairman is Sir George Beharrell, managing director of Dunlops. The chairmen of the various committees are Dr. E. F. Armstrong (Organisation), Sir Henry Fowler (Technical) and Mr. G. R. Freeman (Finance). Mr. H. Ward, formerly general secretary of the National Institute of Industrial Psychology, has been appointed secretary. It is hoped that the Congress will demonstrate that British industry and British technicians are fully alive to the importance of scientific principles in management. Many highly skilled organisations exist, which are using and propagating these principles, but the Congress should help still further to stimulate the national movement in this direction and to create a general appreciation of the applications of management to organised industrial and commercial activity. Among the questions which will be discussed are: concrete examples of the application of scientific management to distribution problems in manufacturing, wholesaling and retailing; methods of controlling production; methods of selection, education and training of personnel suitable for high administrative positions; correct methods of inculcating modern management principles and practices in large-scale, medium and small undertakings, and the role of trade or other associations in this field.
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Sixth International Congress for Scientific Management. Nature 132, 924 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132924a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/132924a0