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1 online resource (xiv, 235 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface; Chapter 1. Setting the Stage; Chapter 2. 1903 and 1908: Henry Ford's Initial Back of the Envelope; Chapter 3. 1913: The Assembly Line Was a Reluctant Move; Chapter 4. 1941: The UAW Wins Favor of Neglected Line Workers; Chapter 5. 1950s and 1960s: Countering UAW and NADA Ambitions; Chapter 6. 1970s and 1980s: Financial-Criteria-Based Decisions Strip-Mine the Industrial Sector; Chapter 7. 1990s and 2000s: Three Dinosaurs Are Lured Across the Pacific; Chapter 8. Assessment of China's Industrial Sector; Chapter 9. Social and Legislative Hurdles. |
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Epilogue: CounterING the Pessimists in Funeral HomesAppendix 1. Table of the Evolution of Inefficiencies; Appendix 2. Bringing America's Auto Industry Back to Life; Index. |
| Summary |
An insider exposes the strategic decisions that have caused the foundation of America?s industrial sector to crumble, then lays out a plan for its restoration. The author led GM Chairman John Smale?s Scenario Planning Staff in the mid-1990s and Roger Smith?s development of a Saturn expansion proposal in the late-1980s after a career in GM plant operations designing and managing manufacturing systems. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ford Motor Company -- Management.
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Ford Motor Company. |
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Management. |
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General Motors Corporation -- Management.
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General Motors Corporation. |
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Ford Motor Company -- Management. |
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General Motors Corporation -- Management. |
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Automobile industry and trade -- United States -- Management.
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Automobile industry and trade. |
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United States. |
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Industrial policy -- United States.
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Industrial policy. |
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United States -- Economic policy.
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Economic policy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Crumm, Thomas A. What is good for General Motors? New York : Algora Pub., ©2010 9780875867779 (DLC) 2010019773 (OCoLC)620836900 |
| ISBN |
9780875867793 (electronic book) |
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0875867790 (electronic book) |
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9780875867779 |
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0875867774 |
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9780875867786 |
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0875867782 |
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