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My Years with General Motors

Alfred P. Sloan

How did General Motors build an organization, financial controls and a view of the car market that let a giant company grow and still be run?

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Author: Alfred P. Sloan

Why read it

You will understand why structure is a framework for decisions, not a machine that makes them
You will see how regular forecasts of sales, production and inventory let a decentralized company control its stock of unsold cars
You will learn why every company needs a clear concept of its own industry, and how rivals' concepts clash

Who it is for

A manager designing how a growing company divides authority
A student of business history who wants a first hand account
A finance leader curious about budgets, inventory and cash controls

Contents

MY YEARS WITH GENERAL MOTORS
Preface
Introduction
Part One
Chapter 1 - The Great Opportunity—I
Chapter 2 - The Great Opportunity — II
Chapter 3 - Concept Of The Organization
Chapter 4 - Product Policy And Its Origins
Chapter 5 - The "Copper-Cooled" Engine
Chapter 6 - Stabilization
Chapter 7 - Co-Ordination By Committee
Chapter 8 - The Development Of Financial Controls
Chapter 9 - Transformation Of The Automobile Market
Chapter 10 - Policy Creation
Chapter 11 - Financial Growth
Part Two
Chapter 12 - Evolution Of The Automobile
Chapter 13 - The Annual Model Change
Chapter 14 - The Technical Staffs
Chapter 15 - Styling
Chapter 16 - Distribution And The Dealers
Chapter 17 - GMAC
Chapter 18 - The Corporation Overseas
Chapter 19 - Nonautomotive Diesel Electric Locomotives, Appliances, Aviation
Chapter 20 - Contributions To National Defense
Chapter 21 - Personnel And Labor Relations
Chapter 22 - Incentive Compensation
Chapter 23 The Management: How It Works
Chapter 24 - Change And Progress

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