Glacier Project Papers

 For seventeen years, the Glacier Metal Company has maintained a continuous analysis of all aspects of its organization, as an integral part of sound management. O u t of this basic material there is emerging a profound contribution to modern industrial theory and practice.

In this book—the eighth in the series of publications from the Glacier Project--are collected a group of fifteen papers by Wilfred Brown, Chairman of the Company, and Elliott Jaques, who has been a consultant-social-throughout the project. Most of these papers were prepared for the purpose of teaching at the Glacier Institute of Management (G.I.M.). T h e questions they tackle cover the whole range of organizational problems.

What, in practice, can the study of organization achieve? What does 'work' mean and how can it be measured? How can the performance of employees be accurately assessed? How are policy decisions reached? With whom should management negotiate—union officials or shop representatives? What new industrial legislation is needed? I s it true that the 'financial carrot' is the best incentive to productivity? How can a workable national income policy be achieved?