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HOWEVER true it may have been in the past that men of science tended to disregard the intangible human element in a situation and to concentrate almost exclusively on the physical factors which they could measure, that charge could not be levelled against those who met at Dundee to take part in discussions at the British Association meeting which touched on the economic situation confronting the nation. The measures which could be adopted to increase productivity and to utilize more effectively the resources of the United Kingdom, and the contribution which science could make to that end, were never considered merely from the purely material or physical point of view. The human factor was given its full weight, and even industrial or productive efficiency was estimated not solely from the mechanical aspect but also in the light of the physiological and psychological demands which were involved in the effort required from men and women.
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Incentives in Industry. Nature 160, 587–589 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160587a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/160587a0