commentary will explore the histories of management while cultivating the reader concerning the development of modern management and supervision as it is the result of the evolution of management that began in the nineteenth century involving slavery‚ railroads‚ and legal issues. Assignment 1.2 – Development of Modern Management Modern management has a distinctive composition consisting of managers‚ administrative practices‚ personnel‚ and capital. Many individuals are naïve in their perception of
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Pacific Railroad. He was the ex-governor of California with useful political connections. 2. Collis P. Huntington- He was one of the "Big Four" who was an adept lobbyist. 3. James J. Hill- He created the Great Northern railroad and was the greatest railroad builder of all time. 4. Cornelius Vanderbilt- He was the head of New York Central railroad and he financed successful western railroads. 5. Jay Gould- He made millions of dollars by embezzling stocks from several railroad companies
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Chief Santana‚ echoed the thoughts and feelings of many of the native tribes forced to relocate‚ or fight for their lands. Many of these tribes lived in territories in which the transcontinental railroad plowed through resulting in sometimes violent conflicts with workers and settlements along the railroad. One notable example is the Massacre at Sand Creek. In the autumn of 1864‚ a group of Cheyenne Indians were beginning to set up camp for the winter when US troops at Fort Lyon attacked. On November
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specifically the railroad‚ negatively affect those who are not part of the manipulation. The railroad was a big business that got unfair advantages in government and could mistreat its workers for self-gain. With an economy
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manufacturing and wheat‚ was recovering from the Panic of 1837. Investors had stopped putting all their money into agriculture and began to invest in factories‚ railroads‚ and development of new machines. Industries of America became more productive from the American way of manufacturing‚ new agricultural developments‚ and the building of improved railroads. Americans developed their own‚ new system of manufacturing that was able to efficiently produce many parts for products. In the early 1800s‚ Eli Whitney
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constructing railroads‚ promoting and protecting the land‚ and removing the Indian tribes. Railroads were an integral part of the west; without them the West would not be successful. The distance of the west from the rest of the country was large and the only way to reach the west was through a long‚ tiresome journey by wagon. The Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 paved the way for the expansion of the railroads. The Act gave companies land to build railroads. The faster the company built the railroad‚ the
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innovative new technologies and services most importantly the Transcontinental Railroad and the first electric power grids. These innovations gave way to other new inventions‚ business entrepreneurs‚ and business strategies. The Transcontinental Railroad was the missing piece to the puzzle that upon completion caused a chain reaction that led to the growth of the United States economy during that time. Prior to the Civil War the railroad system stretched between northeastern and southeastern United States
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1. Railroads- Railroads in each area were often controlled by one company‚ enabling those railroads to charge what they wanted. Railroads were the only way for many western farmers to get their produce to market and high prices were always charged. Railroads controlled storage‚ elevators‚ and warehouses so the prices the farmers paid were very high. Middlemen- Middlemen set the price of the produce low when they sold because the market price was unpredictable. Bankers- High interest rates caused
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1800s‚ the United States went through a change in its economy called the Industrial Revolution. The country went from an agricultural to industrial economy. The change in the economy had an impact on many things in the United States‚ such as jobs‚ railroads‚ and factories. The way men and women earned money to make a living changed during this time. The California Gold Rush occurred during the Industrial Revolution and also had a big impact in changing the United States. The Industrial Revolution created
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rough‚ and unpredictable so it was difficult for farmers to keep up with their homestead‚ which caused their lands to be taken away by the government before their five years was up. The farmers began to blame the railroads and banks for their land being taken away because the railroads and banks would end up buy these lands from the failing farmers. To an outsider the idea of vast amounts of potential farmland may seem like a great opportunity‚ but the western lands were barren and unforgiving to
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