ABSTRACT
IN FEBRUARY, 1931, the superintendent of the Operating Branch sent a questionnaire, from which their names were to be omitted, to all the supervisors in his branch asking them, along with other questions about the interviewing program, “Do you think supervisors should be interviewed on the same basis as employees?” This question was included in the questionnaire because of the numerous requests received from supervisors in the company training program that they be interviewed on the same basis as employees. About three-fourths of the supervisors replied to the question in the affirmative. Because of this favorable response, and because it was felt that such a program would provide a valuable picture of supervisory problems and attitudes, manage-ment decided to extend the interviewing program to the supervisors of the Operating Branch, commencing May 15, 1931.
