The Little Republic.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 April 1910, Page 2

The Little Republic.

J The managing director of "a large London \var:>h:iii.s;\ in the course- of conversation recently, gave expression to certain opinions which are well worthy of being placed on 10- ! cor:!. "In our place," he said. "we are all members of a little republic. I n-ever did believe in the old hard and I'a.st disciplinary rules. I try to create an atmosphere- of freedom. All of us are on a level ; we talk freely among each other as though we members of a club. The .sy.st.mi works wonderfully well. All my men have caught the right spirit of common effort, and 1 am sure there is not a place in the City of London wh-ere customers are treated with more civility or where the staff .shows a more cheerful interest in its work. There is a dc-finito discipline noticeable, but it is a kind of unwritten code to which all of ns seem almost without knowledge to subscribe." There is much wisdom in this policy, but to carry it out successfully there is needed a strong personality, which our informant certainly possesses. Probably few managers realise the extent to which they can create the tono of an odico. Jn the absence of i such realisation, it is just as well that there should be hard and fast rules, for military discipline is better than no discipline at all. The policy, however, of "the little republic" is by far the better one, if a manager has the genius to create it.—The Magazine of Cojnmerc-j.