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The very practical need of our times is more executive ability. In proportion to the demand for it, such ability has always been scarce, and will steadily become more so under the rapid growth of organized enterprise of every sort. Happily, all of us seek power, be the direction what it may; we are builded for upward striving. Since it is only partially true that leaders are born, not made, this power-seeking tendency in our nature if cultivated may be turned into executive capacity. Such result is the chief purpose of this book. One must always follow, even while leading; we are never wholly initiators. Whom shall we follow? Insincerity, shiftiness, and bluster have too often won the ear of the foolish and clouded the discerning eye; but hurling these epithets indiscriminately at every fresh seeker of power just as truly wounds the man of vision and exalts the thick-skinned mercenary. Since this study lays bare the means by which men control others, one is enabled more surely to realize its second aim, the wise selection of leaders and rational submission to their guidance. The perpetuity of organized life depends upon the rise of superior men into positions of authority, even though it mean oneself, the half-god, must withdraw then the god appears. The methods described are those which executives use, and they use them to get results. Whether the results are desirable in the case of any particular executive, the reader will decide for himself in view of the principles presented in Part III. If these methods employed to control men at times seem crude and harsh, we must remember they were once more crude and more harsh. It is too often that, intent on the ideal, we overlook the very real progress already made, usually a case of overimpatience delaying its own aim. So in judging our leaders and their methods we should adopt the relative viewpoint, exacting of them no absolute standards, but content in view of all the attendant circumstances they measure up as men. Around few questions have more controversy and speculation been aroused than the one here treated. It is for this reason that in the following pages much concrete material is being presented, since, in charting an intricate field such as individual ascendancy, a book of deductions is to be feared. As for the product in toto I venture to hope that through its influence not a few people will work together with increased efficiency.

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"It was with the hope that the nature of executive ability might be more clearly indicated that the present volume was undertaken. While many essential facts still remain to be determined, the main problems have been defined and objective techniques for the study of executive ability have been devised. Experimental evidence, past and present practices, economic theory, psychological principles, and tenets of social philosophy--as they apply to the executive problem--have been examined. From the study of these sources practical procedures for use in the selection of men for executive positions, training methods to be used in grooming men for executive functions, and plans for self-development have been formulated. The information presented on a broad range of topics deals with problems confronting those who are executives, those who aspire to be executives, those who must select and promote men, and those who are training men to assume directive responsibilities. In preparing various sections of the book the authors have tried to answer questions which are frequently asked by young men who wish to make the most of their abilities, and by persons whose work requires a knowledge of executive functions, vocational counselors, personnel officers, and supervisors of employee training courses. Teachers of applied psychology, business administration, and industrial management courses will find the book useful both as a basic textbook and as a reference volume for supplementary reading assignments. The general reader wishing to understand better the social aspects of executiveship will find the presentation sufficiently non-technical to challenge his interest"--Foreword. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved).

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Executive ability. --- Government executives --- Recruiting

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Comment se faire recruter à temps partagé par plusieurs entreprises, se faire rémunérer de façon optimale, trouver la meilleure combinaison possible de statuts à travers une approche très fine du droit du travail, des systèmes de protection sociale et de la fiscalité.

Executive ability --- Executives --- Activités multiples --- Personnel cadre

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Executive ability in children. --- Learning disabled children --- Educational psychology. --- Education.