Publications
Publications
- June 1991 (Revised June 1993)
- HBS Case Collection
Railroads and the Beginnings of Modern Management (Abridged)
By: Thomas K. McCraw
Abstract
Consists of three selections by the most innovative of the early American railroad managers describing the organizational structures and control systems they created. Questions to be asked are: why and how such managerial techniques were created, how well they worked, and how they differ from present-day techniques.
Keywords
Business History; Rail Transportation; Organizational Structure; Management Systems; Rail Industry; United States
Citation
McCraw, Thomas K. "Railroads and the Beginnings of Modern Management (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 391-131, June 1991. (Revised June 1993.)