ABSTRACT
Staff-settler relationships are, of course, influenced not only by the different characteristics and attitudes with which the two groups come to settlement schemes; they also evolve in response to scheme situations. In these the initiative, at least at first, comes more from staff than settlers. In order to pursue their aims of achieving settlement and production, managements devise organizations, methods of communication, and systems of rewards and sanctions, in order to reach down to, activate and control settlers. For their part settlers adapt to their situations and seek to influence management in what they perceive to be their interests. The result is an interplay between staff and settlers in which adjustments are made by both sides and as a result of which the organization of a scheme changes over time. These various aspects of scheme organization and functioning, as they are found in continuing schemes, will be considered in turn.
