Where Did Andrew Carnegie Learn Many of the Successful Management

question 55

Multiple Choice

Where did Andrew Carnegie learn many of the successful management methods he used in the steel?

• A) as a bookkeeper in the textile industry in his native Scotland.
• B) as a secretary for the Singer Sewing Machine Company.
• C) as a foreman in the meatpacking industry in Chicago.
• D) as a bartender at an Edinburgh pub.
• E) as an employee of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

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