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With the rapid rise in industrialization came a corresponding rise in the complexity of industrial operations. Prior to the industrial revolution, most people involved in the production of goods were generalists. They had skills and abilities that crossed multiple disciplines.

But with the rise of highly complex industrial operations, leaders of these companies quickly learned that the best way to manage the complexity was to train specialists in key areas of the operation. No longer was the operator of a piece of equipment responsible for the maintenance of the equipment. Rather, separate maintenance and operations departments were established. The same was true for accounting, engineering, production planning and scheduling, and a number of other disciplines.