Electrical Manufacturing Around 1900*

Harold C. Passer

The Journal of Economic History, 1952, vol. 12, issue 4, 378-395

Abstract: During the two decades prior to 1900, electrical manufacturing companies grew from small, single-plant firms, producing only a few items and employing several hundred workers, to large, multiplant organizations, with hundreds of products and thousands of employees. This change in the scale of operations required the invention and application of new organizational forms and new administrative procedures. The men who were responsible for these developments were among the first to recognize and solve the administrative problems of large industrial corporations. The work of these men is the subject of this paper.

Date: 1952
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