Personnel Management: Topical Outline and Bibliography, January, 1919

by John J Coss

The Twelve Principles of Efficiency shows why early management ideas still shape today’s workplaces.

This book gathers key concepts that guided personnel work a century ago and helps you understand its lasting impact.

In this reference work, you’ll see how managers looked at the industrial world, the people who work in it, and the systems that keep businesses running. It frames why efficiency mattered, what tools were used, and how organizations addressed workers, training, and collaboration. The industrial background of today, from machine systems to social change How labor and management interacted, including unions and dispute handling Methods for selecting and developing workers, including tests and assessments Structures for improving cooperation, policy, and workplace peace Ideal for readers of early management theory, labor history, and the evolution of personnel practices seeking context for modern procedures.

65 pages, Hardcover

Published August 24, 2018