Beaver Press | 1925-08-14 | Page 6 | Many a Business in the United States Suffering from Conferencitis

many a business in the united states suffering from conferee Con feren bitis 1 by RODMAN GILDER editor credit monthly many a business is suffering from A grave case is the department head whose confidence confide i nce and courage have been emasculated by the wrong kind of control from above who believes it necessary to confer with the chief before taking any action outside of routine A still more serious form of appears when an executive calls together his immediate subordinates and without profiting by their views wastes many high priced man hours in useless repetition of his instructions among the gravest cases of all are those where the directors or partners in a business sit down together in the board room or over a luncheon table and permit the discussion of details to obscure the real questions of policy that should be decided the cure for in nearly every case is in the hands of the tha man higher up ile he should call no conference of any kind that is unnecessary and ho he should tit nt the earliest possible moment dispatch the work in hand and get every one back on the job