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This is a full-length history of the Western Electric Company, which was the manufacturing arm of the Bell System. As manufacturer in the communications revolutions in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Western Electric made products that accelerated society's pace, such as telegraphs, telephones, an early computing machine, radios, radar and transistors. Western's history offers numerous examples of the difference between innovation and implementation. The aftermath of Western's 1882 acquisition by Bell Telephone, for instance, reveals vertical integration as a lengthy process rather than a single event. Ironically, although Western transformed business worldwide with innovations in areas such as quality control and industrial psychology, the company was slow to implement these innovations itself. Western's dual role as captive supplier for a regulated monopoly and as government contractor led to its most rapid change, in the area of civil rights.
In the 1940s, the name Henry J. Kaiser was magic. Based on the
success of his shipyards, Kaiser was hailed by the national media
as the force behind a 'can-do' production miracle and credited by
the American public with doing more to help President Roosevelt win
World War II than any other civilian. Kaiser also built an empire
in construction, cement, magnesium, steel, and aluminum--all based
on government contracts, government loans, and changes in
government regulations. In this book, Stephen Adams offers Kaiser's
story as the first detailed case study of 'government
entrepreneurship.' Taking a fresh look at the birth of modern
business-government relations, he explores the symbiotic connection
forged between FDR and Kaiser. Adams shows that while Kaiser
capitalized on opportunities provided by the growth of the federal
government, FDR found in Kaiser an industrial partner whose
enterprises embodied New Deal goals. The result of a confluence of
administration policy and entrepreneurial zeal, Kaiser's dramatic
rise illustrates the important role of governmental relations in
American entrepreneurial success.
Manufacturing the Future: A History of Western Electric is the first full-length history of the Western Electric Company, the manufacturing arm of the Bell System. As a manufacturer in the communications revolutions in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Western Electric made new products such as telegraphs, telephones, an early computing machine, radios, radar, and transistors. The book demonstrates, through Western's 1882 acquisition by Bell Telephone, that vertical integration was a lengthy process rather than a single event. It also shows the coming of age of industrial psychology and describes the advent of civil rights in corporate America.
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