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36. The morale of supervisors and engineering staffs appeared to be satisfactory, although
there was some discouragement and pessimism.
37. Plant staff, particularly engineers, placed undue emphasis on problems of invention,
engineering detail, and technical perfection. This emphasis was almost a matter of professional caste and
seriously slight the importance of plant organization and production methods problems.
38. The practice of plant secrecy in France was clearly unfavorable to productivity, preventing
the pooling of industry know-how and the rapid spread of new developments throughout an industry.
39. Inadequate technical and trade literature was observed. If the number of industry journals
could be increased, a greater percentage published in semi- or non-technical form, and the price lowered so
that their cost would not be excessive, it is believed that new developments in industries would be more quickly
disseminated.
40. A number of institutional factors in French industry and national life, which could not
be covered in the scope of this survey, have a dominating and pervasive influence on productivity-factors such
as the inducements to invest, attitudes to pricing and the marketing, national technical education curricula,
etc.
G.
Productivity Outlook
41. Outlook is generally optimistic; essential human factors for. change are present;
organization and training are required.
42. As power shortages disappear, many existing problems become automatically solved.
43. The development of specialized parts, plants, and interindustry standardization of
hardware and findings, can be realized since there is no hard core of opposition.
44. Simply the introduction of better methods and layout in existing plants, at a low
investment cost, can improve productivity independently of equipment and changes.
45. Modernization of equipment is now an accepted idea among engineers and management,
and with proper guidance, plus the overcoming of investment difficulties, new equipment can give new life to
French industry.
A9
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