Decentralized Management
The changing economic conditions of the United States had a major impact on the nature of management of the nations business firms (Blackford pg 237). New management methods were required because of the broadened range of consumer goods produced by so many companies. As companies grew in size and increased in numbers, the central management systems that were used just not adequate enough. The officers in the head office could not manage the growing complexity of the company's work. They could not oversee the daily operations of their firm and at the same time,…