ABSTRACT
The foreman, the forgotten man of a few years ago, has become almost the most talked about in the industrial world. This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. In 1950 the Institute of Human Relations at Yale initiated a series of studies dealing with various phases of the impact of mass production on human behavior. The book presents two studies of the worker on the assembly line. Liberal quotations are included from what the fifty-five foremen actually said to the interviewers. This has been done in the interest of accuracy, and also in the hope that some of the dynamic atmosphere of the plant might find its way onto the printed page. The man and the supervisor on the assembly line as participants must adjust and readjust day by day and year by year to that continuing revolution.
