Leadership In A Free Society: A Study in Human Relations Based on an Analysis of Present-Day Industrial Civilization.

Routine, custom, and habitual associations have always been considered the necessary foundation for human initiative and for the effective experience of individual adventure. The rise of modern technology, however, has resulted in a new type of progressive society, which may or may not provide the stability needed for human satisfaction. This is the question to which Thomas Whitehead has here addressed himself. His book is written for those who seek a solution in intelligent evolution based on a faithful analysis of the observable facts, rather than in some radical departure from accustomed procedure. Recognizing that the problem centers itself somewhere in the activities of business and industry, he makes a brilliant analysis of present-day industrial civilization and reaches conclusions that will cut through the fog of wishful sentiment that invalidates most writing on this vital subject. PREFACE TO THE THIRD PRINTING PREFACE CONTENTS PART I. THE FOUNDATIONS OF AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION CHAPTER II. BUSINESS; THE ORGANIZATION OF SOCIAL ACTIVITY CHAPTER III. THE RELAY TEST GROUP CHAPTER IV. THE MEANING OF SOCIAL INTEGRATION CHAPTER V. THE EVOLUTION OF MODERN LEADERSHIP CHAPTER VI. THE SOCIAL FUNCTION OF THE ADMINISTRATOR PART II. THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY CHAPTER VII. THE PROBLEM OF THE SMALL INDUSTRIAL GROUP CHAPTER VIII. PROGRESSIVE MANAGEMENT CHAPTER IX. THE FINANCIAL REWARD CHAPTER X. THE CARE OF PERSONNEL IN INDUSTRY CHAPTER XI. THE FUNCTION OF TRADE UNIONS CHAPTER XII. THE ORGANIZATION OF A COMMUNITY CHAPTER XIII. THE RISE OF FASHION AND THE CONTROL OF CONSUMER DEMAND CHAPTER XIV. THE PLANNING OF ENGINEERING DESIGN TO SECURE A VARIETY OF PRODUCTS CHAPTER XV. A NOTE ON THE RELATIONS BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT CHAPTER XVI. SOCIALISM AND OTHER SOCIAL SYSTEMS PART III. CONCLUSION CHAPTER XVII. RESTATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM INDEX ORDERLY society is based upon routine, custom and habitual association. These characteristics are the necessary foundation for human initiative and for the effective experience of individual adventure. The rise of modern technology has resulted in a new type of progressive society, and it has yet to be demonstrated whether under modern conditions social living can retain the stability needed for human satisfaction. More precisely, the practical problem is to investigate the type of social structure which can maintain itself whilst adapting its form to the ceaseless advance of material invention. χ PREFACE rated, with suitable alterations, into the present book: Planning