Owen's management thought is based on the French materialism view that "man is the product of the environment". All his experiments in new lanark are to prove: "Whether replacing bad environment with good environment can make people turn over a new leaf, eliminate evil and become intelligent, rational and kind people;" From birth to death, he is always suffering. Can he make his life only surrounded by a good and excellent environment, thus turning suffering into a happy and superior life? " It is based on such a great thought full of hope and imagination that his management thought beyond the real life at that time was formed. Extended Information Owen's management in new lanark is unique. First of all, he implemented a new management system in the factory, the core of which was to abolish punishment and emphasize humanized management. According to the workers' performance in the factory, Owen divided the workers' products into four grades: poor, lazy, good and high quality, which were represented by painting black, blue, yellow and white on all sides of a building block. There is a piece in front of every worker, and the department head will evaluate the performance of the workers, and the factory director will evaluate the department head according to the performance of the department head. The examination results are placed in a conspicuous position in the factory, and employees can see the different colors of each piece at a glance. In this way, everyone can know how the corresponding employees perform at a glance. When this system was first implemented, many workers did not perform well, but few did well. However, driven by people's vision and self-esteem, the number of poor performers and the number of workers are gradually decreasing, while the number of good performers is increasing. In order to ensure the fairness of this assessment, Owen also stipulated that anyone who thinks that the assessment is unfair can directly appeal to him. This kind of humanized management without punishment was almost a miracle at that time. At the same time, department heads assess employees, managers assess department heads, and at the same time, supplemented by leapfrog appeal system, which creates a precedent for hierarchical management and is also conducive to equal communication between employers and employees and resolves conflicts.

Owen believes that a good environment can make people form good conduct, and a bad environment can make people form bad conduct. He strongly criticized many capitalists who paid too much attention to machines and despised people at that time, and adopted various methods to improve the working environment and living environment of workers. In the factory, Owen created a' workplace' that looked as comfortable as possible for the workers at that time by improving the layout of factory equipment and doing a good job of cleaning and hygiene. He also took the initiative to shorten the working hours of workers from 13 to 14 hours to 10.5 hours. In new lanark factory, people see rows of neat workers' dormitories, and each family has two bedrooms. Owen attaches great importance to the green environment. Around workers' houses, trees are shaded and flowers are arranged in rows, which has a very positive effect on workers' physical and mental health. In order to let the workers have proper entertainment and study in their spare time and put an end to bad behaviors such as drinking and fighting, Owen also specially built a place for the workers to entertain-the evening entertainment center. This entertainment center is the prototype of clubs and nightclubs.

In Owen's management thought, the education system occupies a large proportion. In order to popularize education, he advocated the establishment of an education system and the implementation of education legislation. Owen believes that "educating the next generation is the most important task", "the highest interest of every country" and "the overwhelming and urgent task of governments all over the world". His educational philosophy is: "What kind of people are trained in childhood and childhood, what kind of people are in adulthood. This is the case now and it will be the same in the future. " Under the guidance of this thought, Owen attached great importance to children's education. He banned his factory from employing children under 10, and in 18 16, he spent 1 10,000 pounds to set up the first public school in his factory-"Personality Shaping Hall", which is the central building in new lanark and provides for children aged 2- 14. Owen's teaching plan focuses on the cultivation of children's character and the improvement of children's professional ability. His aim is to "educate children to cultivate their good sentiments and practical skills, and make them become useful and happy people". He regards "reading, writing, calculating and speaking" as a necessary learning project for students. Owen's teaching ideas, teaching ideas and teaching plans have achieved great success in new lanark, and public schools have also become social and leisure centers open to the public. In addition to schools, Owen also organized labor canteens, established workers' consumption cooperatives, and established workers' medical care and pension systems. New lanark has thus become a model community for Britain. There are no vagrants and petty thieves here, and it is almost a pure land emerging from the "evil torrent" of capitalism.

Owen's management thought and education thought are all prepared for his highest goal-building a new harmonious society. His great achievements in new lanark won the attention and respect of many national elites at that time. Thousands of people visit Owen's factory and his "personality building museum" every year. Even Archduke Nicholas, the then Russian Tsar, made a special trip to visit Owen's factory. His books "Four Chapters of Personality Formation" and "New Social Outlook" are widely circulated in the society, and have also been supported by some celebrities.