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Name:. Geral d B. Heusel Date of Degree: August 2, 195G Institution: Oklahoma State University Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma Title of Study : A FORM OF PERSONNEL ORGANIZATION I N A WOODWORKING SHOP Pages in Study: 40 Candidate for Degree of Master of Science Wajor Field : Industrial Arts Purpose of the Report: This report has been developed by the writer in order to facilitate a better organization and to present thls as a guide for others to follow in organizing the personnel in a wood working shop so as to reduce the many administrative duties and reports that does not allow the instructor sufficient time to teach successfully. Conclusions: This organizational plan contributes directly to increased educational values in Industrial Arts subjects. This type of plan develops cooperation in working together for the common good of all and it familiarizes the student with the type of or~anization t hat is commonly used in industrial plant management. The student learns to respect authority and to understand the problems that the employer and employee face in real life situations. It should eliminate most disciplinary problems, waste of time, waste of materials, loss of tools, and help to develop in the student, a habit of order, system, neatness, and responsibility. This report contains a list of de tailed duties of each officer, Superintendent, Assistant Superin tendent, Tool Cabinet Foreman, Safety Engineer, Material Foreman, Finishing Room Foreme.n ., in t he organization with an explanation a s to how each fits into the pl an. It tends to be democratic i n f unc t i on and principle a.s well a.s developi ng l eader shi p and furnishing good charact er traini ne; . Further more, it pr ov ides opportunities for developing t he meani ng of indivi dual 8.nd group effort; it pr o vi des opportunity f or dir ectine;, s upervision., and a i ding i n the a ctivities of otherB., and tends t o make t he student ambitious, dependabl e , honest and obedi ent in the eyes of his f e llow- a ssoci ates. A FORM OF PERSOI:-INEL ORGANIZATION IN A WOODWORKING SHOP A FORii OF PERSONNEL ORGANIZATION IN A WOODWORKING SHOP By GERALD BERWYN HEUSEL Bachelor of Science Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College Stillwater, Oklahoma 1952 Submitted to the faculty of the Graduate School of the Oklahoma State University of Agriculture and Applied Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of 1-1".ASTER OF SCIEWCE August, 1958 .:>11\1 t. UNIVtR~IT' LIBRARY AUG 20 1958 A FORM OF PERSONNEL ORGANIZATION IN A WOOVNORKING SHOP Gerald Berwyn Heusel Master of Science 1958 Report Approved: Advisor and Acting~ School of Industrial Arts Education .0'eaiiorauae School "' 406562 ii ACKNOWLEOO E:NIENT S The writer wishes to express his appreciation to Mx . Cary L. Hill, Associate Professor and Acting Head, of the School of Industrial Arts Education, Oklahoma. State University, for the excellent advice and help which he gave me in the preparati on of this report. The vrriter wishes to express his gratitude to his wife, Inez E. Heusel, for her patience and under standing during the writing of this report. G. B. H. iii TA.BLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page I. I1'TRODUCTION. • • • • • • • • . • • • • • . 1 Origin and Need for the Study. • • • •• • • • 1 Method of Research. • • • • • ••••• . 2 Extent of the Study. • • • • • • • • • • • • 2 Selected Definitions ••••••••••• • • • • • 2 Results of this Study. • • • • • • ••• • • • • • • • 2 II. HISTORY OF INDUSTRIAL ARTS. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 4 A. Early History of Education. • • • • • • • • • • • • • 4 Barbaric Life. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 4 Ancient Jewish Education ••••••• • • • • • • • • • 4 Grecian Education •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 5 Christian Monks ••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 5 Roman Education •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 5 B. Apprenticeship. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 6 Statute of Artificers •••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • 6 Poor Law of England. • • • • • • • • • • • • • 6 Apprentices in Colonial America. 6 c. Early Leaders of Trades and Industrial Arts ••••••• 7 Martin Luther. • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • . 7 Rabelais • • • • • • • • • • . • • • . • • • • 8 Richard Mulcaster. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 8 John Comenius ••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 8 Samuel Hartlib •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 8 Jean Jacques Rousseau •••••••• . • • • 9 Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi ••••• • • . • • • • • . • 9 Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus Froebel. • • • • • • 10 D. Practical Experimenters in Manual Instruction. • • • 10 August Hermann Francke . • • • • • • • • • • . • • 10 Johann Julius Hecker • • • • . • . • . • 12 Johann Berhard Basedow. • . • • . • • • 13 Joachim Heinrich Campe • . • • • • • . • • • • 15 Christian Gotthilf Salszmann • • . • • • • • • • • . • 16 Ferdinand Kindermann . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 18 iv Chapter Page E. Later Developments in Industrial Arts •••••••••• 20 Industrial Revolution and Rising Factory System••••• 20 Mechanics Institute Movement in America. • • • • • • • • 21 The Land-Grant Act. • • • • • • • • • • • • ••• 21 III. INTRODUCTION TO THE ORGANIZATION. 23 A. Developing a Plan of Organization •••••••••••• 23 B. The Plan of Organization ••••••••• ; • • • • • • • 25 Designation of Officer Responsibilities ••••••••• 25 Detailed Duties of Officers ••••••••••••••• 26 C. Shop Conditions Affecting Class Organization••••••• 30 Assign a Working Place for Each Student ••••••••• 30 Sufficient Working Space •••••••••••••••• 31 Adequate and Proper Light •••••••••••••••• 32 Location of Machines and Corn.man Equipment •••••••• 32 A Special Room for Class Teaching •••••••••••• 33 Adequate Locker Facilities ••••••••••••••• 33 Condition of the Equipment . • ••••••••••• 34 Toolroom • ••••••••••••••••••••••• 34 Proper Vent i l ation ••••••••••••••••••• 35 Cleanliness. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 36 Shop Atmosphere ••••••••••••••••••••• 36 IV• SUMMA.RY AND RECOMMENDAT IONS . 37 Summary ••••••• . 37 Reconunendations ••• . 38 A SELE:CTED BIBLIOGRAPHY . 39 VITA • V CHA.PI'ER I INTRODUCTION Organization in the management of a school shop has long presented a problem to the industrial arts instructor. Here are several necessary and desirable attributes of a successful personnel organization in the high school woodworking shopz 1. It must be democratic in function and principle. 2. It must be of educational value to the student to justify its existence. 3. It must relieve the instructor of the many managerial duties which do not allow him to teach. 4. It must evolve out of and meet the needs of a specific situation. 5. It must be tried out and altered until it functions efficiently in the given situation. It is the aim of the writer to present a form of personnel organi zation in a high school woodworking shop that will justi fy and fulfill the above mentioned requirements. The industrial arts teacher should have some lmowledge of the history of his particular field of study, therefore the author intends to start this report with a history of industrial arts and then present a form of personnel organization. Origin and Need for the Study. The purpose of this report was estab lished after considering that an industrial art s instructor has so many administrative duties and reports to make out that he does not have suff cient time to teach successfully. This study has been developed by the 1 2 writer in order to facilitate better organization in a school shop and also to present this as a guide for others to follow. Method of Research. Research was confined to the Oklahoma State University Library where an expanse of material for this report was available from books, magazines and periodicals. Extent 2!_ the Study. It is the purpose of this report to follow the problem, about which it is concerned, throughout the historical 'beginning of industrial arts to a logical conclusion using those principles deemed best in the development of the personnel organization. Selected Definitions. The following definitions should be studied to make the reading more meaningful to the reader. Industrial Arts. Industrial arts is one of the practical arts; it is a forinof non-vocational education which has for its purpose the giving of information about, and experience in, the use of most tools, materials, and processes incident generally to the home and to the manufactoring industry. (9, page 7) Practical Arts. The term as used in education is the broad inclusiveTarin that e:nbraces as subject of' instruc tion; manual training, industrial arts, mechanical arts, household arts, domestic science, general agriculture, and general commercial education. (16, page 36) Industrial Education. A generic term including all educational activities concerned with modern industry, its raw material, products, machines, personnel and problems. It therefore includes both industrial arts, the general education forerunner of or introduction to vocational industrial education and the latter also. (8, page 7) General Shop. Shops that are planned and equipped to teach two or more distinct types of shopwork at the same time under one teacher are General Shops. (12, page 15) Results of~ Study. It is hoped that the results of this study will eliminate most disciplinary problems, waste of time, waste of materials, loss of tools, and help to develop in the student, a habit of order, system, neatness, and responsibility. A preliminary study of the history of industrial arts education and 3 its development in general education will