CENTRALIZAD OR DECENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT?

One of the debates in the railroad industry has been over whether management should be highly centralized or decentralized. The article recognizes that rather than making a distinct choice between the two alternatives, industry seems to settle somewhere in between. Computer aided technology is seen as making railroads a netwok industry that needs centralized planning and decentralized execution.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1586268
• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  345 Hudson Street
  New York, NY  United States  10014
• Authors:
  • Kufman, L H
• Publication Date: 2000-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 47-52
• Serial:
  • Railway Age
  • Volume: 201
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-8826
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwayage.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic control; Computer aided design; Decentralization; Industry structure; Management and organization; Planning; Railroads; Technology assessment
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00799167
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 13 2000 12:00AM