Each head department was attendance to
deal with business that affected his department, and collective
.
. Walter Eckert did practically all the work
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of producing balance sheets and statements.
The heads the specialized departments formed slim
layer middle management the Edison enterprise.12
the work one man. These
men answered Gilmore and sat the committess which carried
out the administration the National Phonograph Company. executive
committee was formed 1908 manage the business while
Gilmore was away. early 1908, the professional
managers the various Edison companies were coordinating
their actions into organ central control. They
and other middle managers naturally began work together in
running the business. 19
decisions were made important issues. Many of
these men were become central figures the business
affairs the Edison companies the twentieth century
