The changing structure TAE Inc. some ways this was return the "research for
hire" strategy the 1880s.
Its manager hoped take over some the electrical testing
work done West Orange.it must reorganized.XII-24
engineering division. The laboratory Silver Lake
had begun with testing raw materials used record and storage
battery manufacture.. was
no longer the sole source engineering and R&D for the Edison
complex and had compete with other laboratories for testing
and chemical analysis business.
The policy giving financial responsibility the
division managers often made them reluctant supporters R&D."
The division managers wanted direct the product
engineer's work with financial rather than engineering
criteria. forced the lab to
justify its existence and the money spent research.^ John Constable was forced into
selling the services the West Orange lab the divisions of
TAE Inc. The customers the laboratory
had changed. 1918 the laboratory was also carrying
out analysis for several other division^ research work the
primary battery and Amberol records, and electrical testing... Instead broad range high tech industries,
the customers were now the division managers large
integrated corporation.. working exclusively articles whose sales
I control.
.The development
(product) engineer must placed under jurisdiction and I
must govern his research and development activities and control
expenditures
