Daniel McCallum
Canadian engineer and early organizational theorist (1815-1878) · Scientists · Died at 63
Daniel Craig McCallum was a Scottish-born American railroad engineer, general manager of the New York and Erie Railroad and Union Brevet Major General of the United States Military Railroad during the American Civil War, known as one of the early pioneers of management.
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St. Joseph's Church facade.
Lithographic drawing of McCullam's Patent Timber Bridge, 1852
New York & Erie Railroad system map, circa 1855
Organizational diagram of the New York and Erie Railroad, 1855
Organization scheme as pictured by McCallum, 1856
Table shows the rate and direction of subordination for a first class railroad, from Vose (1857).
General Daniel Craig McCallum during the Civil War with unidentified men on the Long BridgeAbout this person
He set down a group of general principles of management, and is credited for having developed the first modern organizational chart.
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1815 to 1878 · aged 63
