The
London Electrician respected his choices, commenting "We have
always been sure that his business agents were equal not
superior him ingenuity.I
know how shop should run also how select men to
manage them." ^
Edison developed team approach innovation which
exploited the diverse skills his work force. Edison broke each
experimental project down into its component parts and allotted
.. The
telegraph industry gave him indispensable experience running
a manufacturing operation, and reminded one his
financial backers "You are aware from your long acquaintance
with me. The success of
his method was based ability frame the problem and
then pick the right man for the job. Samuel
Insull, Charles Batchelor, and Alfred Tate fully justified the
"old man's" faith them. All were more than capable managers
who would have been asset any industrial enterprise.
Edison was not newcomer managing large labor force
for had operated large factories Newark the 1870s..." found "honest, young, ambitious" men, blended
their skills his team approach innovation, and then
delegated administrative power them the new industries he
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MANAGING THE WEST ORANGE WORK FORCE. the time moved West Orange, Edison had
proved that could pick good men work with him.
created
