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The final tribute Charles Edison's administration came
from the "old man." his return from Florida, where had
been carrying out submarine detection experiments the Key
West Naval Station, Edison told the press that was "very
. had confused product
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the various Edison interests. There was lack control and any means of
control operations and finance, and lack of
adequate information about anything.
He created structure that managed keep control of
the direction the organization without losing the advantages
of decentralization. The new organization was based the
Edison example, with divisions centered around each product and
central service departments, such research laboratory,
which was run Charles Kettering. had been early advocate of
the divisional system and the War gave him the opportunity to
put his ideas into practice and fine-tune the organization.
Sloan's reorganization General Motors taken the
pioneering divisional structure that laid the basis modern
management large business organizations.
Charles Edison established large personnel office and other
service departments TAE Inc. Charles Edison felt
complimented. Alfred
Sloan, General Motors, sent his men study the West Orange
operation before carrying out his own divisional policy. Charles was proud his
achievements and his style "modern" management. Sloan inherited a
situation much like the position the Edison enterprise in
1911s
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