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- ISBN
- 9780521651189
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521651182
ISBN-13
9780521651189
eBay Product ID (ePID)
537305
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
284 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Manufacturing the Future : a History of Western Electric
Publication Year
1999
Subject
Industries / Media & Communications, Electronics / General, Industries / Energy, United States / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
21.5 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
98-034294
Reviews
"Manufacturing the Future is a thorough and well-structured book that clearly and succinctly- in 218 text pages- covers the most seminal points in Western Electric's history. The Book's emphasis on the relationship between the firm and the Bell System is well placed and its arguments are convicing. The author's abilities to integrate so many disparate themes...are highly praiseworthy." Enterprise & Society, "This overview of the operation and evolution of a leading firm over a vital era of American business history is recommended for undergraduate and graduate library collections." Choice, "Manufacturing the Future provides a valuable overview of Western Electric's history, an excellent teaching tool for undergraduates studying the American economy." John Abrahamson, EH.NET, "The author's abilities to integrate so many disparate themes...into such a brief account are highly praisworthy." Enterprise & Society, "...a compact and highly readable account of a hitherto largely neglected company." Albert Churella, Business History
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
338.7/6213/0973
Table Of Content
Preface; Introduction; 1. Before the Bell: 1869-82; 2. In Bell's world, but not of it: 1882-1900; 3. Systems of managing and managing of systems: 1900-25; 4. Heard round the world: 1925-50; 5. Defense and social contracts: 1950-72; 6. A shock to the system: 1972-84; 7. Epilogue: 1984-95; Conclusion: 'no ordinary company'.
Synopsis
Manufacturing the Future: A History of Western Electric is the first full-length history of the Western Electric Company, the manufacturing arm of the Bell System. As a manufacturer in the communications revolutions in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Western Electric made new products such as telegraphs, telephones, an early computing machine, radios, radar, and transistors. The book demonstrates, through Western's 1882 acquisition by Bell Telephone, that vertical integration was a lengthy process rather than a single event. It also shows the coming of age of industrial psychology and describes the advent of civil rights in corporate America., This is the first full-length history of the Western Electric Company, the manufacturing arm of the Bell System., This is a full-length history of the Western Electric Company, which was the manufacturing arm of the Bell System. As manufacturer in the communications revolutions in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Western Electric made products that accelerated society's pace, such as telegraphs, telephones, an early computing machine, radios, radar and transistors. Western's history offers numerous examples of the difference between innovation and implementation. The aftermath of Western's 1882 acquisition by Bell Telephone, for instance, reveals vertical integration as a lengthy process rather than a single event. Ironically, although Western transformed business worldwide with innovations in areas such as quality control and industrial psychology, the company was slow to implement these innovations itself. Western's dual role as captive supplier for a regulated monopoly and as government contractor led to its most rapid change, in the area of civil rights., A full-length history of the Western Electric Company, the manufacturing arm of the Bell System, who made new products such as telegraphs, telephones, an early computing machine, radar, and transistors. This book describes the coming of age of industrial psychology and the advent of civil rights in corporate America.
LC Classification Number
HD9697.T454 W473 199
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