Book excerpt: Excerpt from Journal of Applied Psychology, 1922, Vol. 3 Technology. (formerly Executive Secretary of the Committee on Classification of personnel in the Army) Every practical problem of personnel in war, industry, busi ness or education presents at least three phases; first, study of the job, that is, determination of the duties to be performed and specification Of the qualifications necessary to perform those duties; second, inventory of the individual man to ascer tain and record his qualifications; third, placement of the man in the job. In the Army this implies a system of personnel classification, a routine for making accurate requisitions, a procedure for locating quickly the specified personnel, and a machinery for effecting its assignment or transfer to the post where it is most needed. It is the contention of the writer that the most fundamental phase Of personnel work and yet the most neglected, is the first mentioned; namely, analysis and precise definition Of duties and qualifications. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.