movements;7 in any case, the laws governing transportation apply to all. This view of management Page 135 is most stimulating to the mind. A moving object attracts attention and holds interest. Work that is interesting can be accomplished with greater speed and less fatigue. Thinking in terms of the methods of Scientific Management as the most accurate and efficient in transporting the finished output and its "chips"8 will be a great aid towards attaining the best results possible by means of a new method of visualizing the problem.
Qualifications of the Synthesist. — The synthesist must have a constructive mind, for he determines the sequence of events as well as the method of attack. He must have the ability to see the completed whole which he is trying to make, and to regard the elements with which he works not only as units, but in relation to each other. He must feel that any combination is influenced not only by the elements that go into it, but by the inter-relation between these elements. This differs for different combinations as in a kaleidoscope.
The Synthesist a Conserver. — The Synthesist must never be thought of as a destructive critic. He is, in reality, a conserver of all that is valuable in old methods. Through his work and that of the analyst, the valuable elements of traditional methods are incorporated into standard methods. These standard methods will, doubtless, be improved as time goes on, but the valuable elements will be permanently conserved.
Synthesist an Inventor. — The valuable inventions referred to as the result of measurement are the work Page 136 of the synthetic mind. It discovers new, better methods of doing work, and this results in the invention of better means, such as tools or equipment.