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Show WHEN WilEN THE TilE BOSS IS AWAYMany AWAY AWAYMany Many MallY of us get the idea Idca that if we should go on on'm onin 0 0in n 'm m -in in ' - e > . extended .tendcd tendcd vacation cr otherwise othen\ise othen ise other'ise otherise ' \ drop out of the thedaily thedaily thedaily daily routine , oui our business btlSmess affairs \ would \ ouId go to p1eces pieces piecesBut p1ecesBut piecesBut But that depends upon how well those affairs are areorganized areorganized = rgamzed organized beforehand beoreh'lnd beorehlnd beforehandIt beoreh'lndIt ! ' It is related rehted of Andrew Carnegie CarnegJc that after 3fter cne one cneof oneof oneof of his new deportment depqrtmcnt department , heads heado ; liad had bpen been in m charge for fora fora fora a . year he sent him to Europe EuI'ope EuIope ' for Sl si\ si six simonths \ months If theJopartment the theJcpartm theJepartment Jopartment Jcpartm ( > nl . didn didnt t run better while he hevas vv \ \vas vas \ as away s\\ay s ay \ \ , thedepartment the theJepartment -Jepartment Jepartment 'lepartment lepartment department " ' - headas head \ was \\as as vas flied filed upon hie hip hi " : return Ca1'11egle's Ca111egles Carnegie's Carnegies Ca1'11egle'sthoor Carnegie'stheory Carnegie'stheory Carnegiestheory ' ' ' thoor thooras theory \ was \\as as as that a man who could not organize a department de- de department de department - partment so that itOllld it \ would \\Ollld Ollld votild \ function in his absence'as absence absencewas 'as as " , ' as not fit to be the head of ItThere it.There it itThere -There There .There - , . is a great deal of practicalalu practical \alu alu \ value ( ' in thlS this thlSth thistheory thistheory th theory . : particularly in the case of large enterprises enterprisesmere enterprisesWhere enterprisesWhere mere Where the subordinates feel that they must consult consultth consultthe consultShe th the thechief . chief c111ef concerning concerrung e\ e every eery \ ery minoi nun01 nunot detail deta1l they fail to todeelop toI todevelop todevelop I deelop develop ; the ability to make decisions or assume re- re respousibil1t responsibility re responsibility - sponsibility spousibil1t } . . The chief at the same time keeps mmself himself mmselfenmeshed himselfenmeshed himselfenmeshed enmeshed in a mass of petty routine routme which wluch pre\ents pre ents prevents preentshIS preventshis preventshis \ hIS giving glvmg adequate attention attenhon to larger ploblemsThe problemsThe pioblems ploblems problems pioblemsThe The president of oP a famous hotel was recentlycomplimented recently recently'complimented recentlycomplimented omphmented complimented < : ' by a guest u upon On the e excellent , < cellent manner mannern n which Vh1Ch } the place was vas \ as being bemg conducted It developed developedthat developedthat developedthat that the president : had just returned after aacation a \acation acation vacation \ vacationof acationDf Df of six sre months He informed the guest that he hadbeen had hadbeen hadbeen been awa away , and added"Everyone added added"Everyone ' "Everyone Everyone " 'E\ 'E E ' \ 'Ee1J e1J one seems to feel that the house has 1 fun funbetter iunbetter un unbetter better without me , and that even lie 11e he weather WM was WML wasLetter wasLetter Letter L tter than in previous preVlous } years ears " _ |
