There were bad relations among departments in
the Phonograph Works and personality differences hindered the
cooperation that was vital for speedy development job. One
historian the disc machine, George Frow, points poor
liaison between the Engineering Department and the Works a
cause for the delay, and this was the area that had supposedly
been streamlined. The line disc machines was added the
growing list products manufactured the Works, including
several kinds film projectors and series Amberola
phonographs which encompassed many different models.
Edison was very disappointed with the disc development,
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and blamed the delays "the incompetence our men. One
engineer the laboratory wrote 1912 Edison's son
Charles, student MIT the time, "every body afraid
." Edison had maintain his reputation
for high-quality products, and continue the tradition of
producing solid, well-made machines West Orange. The
Works was called "more disorganized than organized," where
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foremen pursued their own politics and power struggles."
Yet the great haste the project was certainly factor in
the failure the work force meet the "old man's"
expectations.
The formation new organization, and the massive
reductions that followed, had created tense situation among
the professional managers which naturally led political
struggles within the organization for power and survival.IX-16
never for attempt put out work this sort and
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