This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ...manager are carried out and the methods by which he acquires advice and information. A fourth classification is familiar to railroad managers. The peculiar nature of the railroad business has brought the element of efficient control into prominence. Shall the managerial control be centralized, that is, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ...manager are carried out and the methods by which he acquires advice and information. A fourth classification is familiar to railroad managers. The peculiar nature of the railroad business has brought the element of efficient control into prominence. Shall the managerial control be centralized, that is, shall the working organization be spread out from a central point so as to cover the entire system, or shall the management be broken up and the responsibilities of operation put upon the local division superintendents, each unit or division being complete in itself? These types are known respectively as departmental and divisional. Looking at the management from the point of view of the control of the labor element--and many business executives believe that in its last analysis this is the principal question of the manager--management may be divided into three types; undisciplined, disciplined and functional. 34. Unsystematized type of management.--The chief characteristic of the management in an unsystematized plant is the lack of a proper system of cost accounts and an inadequate method of keeping the accounting information in good shape. In so far as every management must depend upon its cost and financial records in order to meet market competition, the unsystematized plant is at a distinct disadvantage. Inadequate cost records are the causes of many losses and failures. It is a frequent experience of certified public accountants on being called in to examine books of account to find that the firm is really losing money. Not having kept sufficient cost records, the firm of course has been unconscious of its condition. When a competitor discovers the fact that his rival is not keeping close account of his costs, he is sometimes able to...
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