Identifier: belltelephone7273mag00amerrich (find matches)
Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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when all the factsare in and subjected to this rigorousplanning process for decision mak-ing, the ultimate decision will be ascorrect as we can possibly make itat this time and in the best interestsof the public, the company, its em-ployees and share owners. What has been described here isa process new to American businessand geared to handle the scope andcomplexity of decisions needed tocope with current problems. To those who question the im-portance of such an exhaustive sys-tem for problem solving, the onlyadequate answer is another ques-tion: How important is it to antici-pate the future and take steps nowto insure a continuing congruencewith our changing society? This process for decision makingin the Bell System may not be per-fect (and is, in fact, under constantstudy), but until a better system isdesigned, it seems to be the best,most workable method for solvingthe problems we face today and willface in the foreseeable future. Thomas J. Fay, Associate Editor >/• . V\ •
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AT&Tat Basking Ridge: Accenton Ecology Nestled in the woods and streamsof Somerset County, New Jersey,Basking Ridge is located 7 milesnorth of the intersection of Route78 and Interstate Route 287, stillunder construction. The village, inBernards Township, is the site ofAT&Ts proposed office campus, acluster of residential-type buildingsset into the heavily-wooded sur-roundings. Construction on thecomplex is now underway. Eldon Hanes, president of the 195Broadway Corporation, has statedthat the offices should be ready forthe first contingent of AT&T per-sonnel—1,300 people from Opera-tions, Engineering, ConstructionPlans and Administrative Services— in mid-1975. Others will move inin gradual stages until the buildingis fully staffed, housing some 3,000employees. While AT&T owns a tract of landmeasuring some 150 acres, only 10percent of it will be used for theactual construction, the rest beingleft undisturbed, thus maintainingthe residential character of theneighbor

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