Railroads and the need to coordinate with precision across greater distances forced the evolution of managerial practice from single site to something recogniza

Railroads and the need to coordinate with precision across greater distances forced the evolution of managerial practice from single site to something recognizable as today’s practice. “The Visible Hand” by Alfred Chandler is an authoritative source on the transition: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674940529 https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674940529