THOUGHTS ON BUSINESS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 141, 5 June 1908, Page 4

THOUGHTS ON BUSINESS.

As I hill;;, change our knowledge 01 tln-iii gets out of date. Often a man in authority will mala- a hard and fast ruling mi MUiif point which will be so nut ol' keeping with what his .suborilitt.il", think ought, to lii' done, that they will hi' at u loss to know what motive lias actuated liim. In many, instants, of course, the vuliii" is based un knowledge wliii'h In' has. jierhaps, only recently ai-ijuiri'J, and which is' not known to litem, and, if they hail if, inighl (mum' them to sec the matter in Hie same light. lint often the i-aiisp is a far less commendable one. it miiv lie that lie is arli'l- „„ f|„. kllnwle,l|_v of the mailer uhh-t, he jie.pni-I'il vears n a „, when he was more closely i,le|il ilied with til,' details of Hi,, business than at present, and that he has not made allowance lor the changes, which lutvo oecurred since Hint time. l-'or this reason every man in authority should do one of two things—if not lioth. He should keep himself well informed as to the ('hanging conditions involved in the work on which he is to puss judgment, or he should give due credence to the explanations of present conditions by those who are in clos-.-touch with the details, and who liuvc occasion to know what is expedient under the circumstances. The man who declines to do either of these things and yet pre.-ntnes lo pass critical judgment on the problems of operation, makes a penults uii-,'.,ake. and his business must often sillier because of his unwise rulings.