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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).

Executive ability.