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TRW : pioneering technology and innovation since 1900 / Davis Dyer.
Lippincott Library HD9680.U54 T73 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dyer, Davis.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- TRW Inc--History.
- TRW Inc.
- History.
- Industrial equipment industry--United States--History.
- Industrial equipment industry.
- Automobile supplies industry--United States--History.
- Automobile supplies industry.
- Electronic industries--United States--History.
- Electronic industries.
- Aerospace industries--United States--History.
- Aerospace industries.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 503 pages, 43 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Harvard Business School Press, [1998]
- Summary:
- Widely recognized as one of the best-run hightech companies in the world, TRW has helped shape the major industries of today: automotive, aerospace, and information technology. In this revealing account of the firm's pioneering role in long-range planning, large-scale project management, systems engineering, organizational development, and progressive human relations policies, TRW emerges as a resourceful and strategic player in the American industrial landscape.
- The compelling history of TRW's rapid growth, broad diversification, and subsequent restructuring around core businesses provides valuable insights into the evolution of strategy, structure, and management in the modern corporate era.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 House of Technology 1
- Part 1 Supplier, 1900-1938 11
- Chapter 2 Cap Screws, Poppet Valves, and a Cast of Characters, 1900-1916 17
- Chapter 3 Peaks and Valleys, 1916-1933 35
- Chapter 4 Fred Crawford's Company, 1933-1938 65
- Part 2 Supplier and Contractor, 1939-1965 91
- Chapter 5 Transformation, 1939-1945 99
- Chapter 6 Taking the Next Step, 1945-1953 135
- Chapter 7 Rocket Science, 1953-1957 167
- Chapter 8 The Making of a Merger, 1953-1958 195
- Chapter 9 From Two Companies to One, 1958-1965 225
- Part 3 Diversified Corporation, 1965-1996 251
- Chapter 10 A New Kind of Corporation, 1965-1969 259
- Chapter 11 Testing Time, 1970-1974 295
- Chapter 12 New Directions, 1975-1979 321
- Chapter 13 From Policy to Strategy, 1980-1985 341
- Chapter 14 Refocus and Renewal, 1986-1996 359
- Chapter 15 Epilogue: The Next Era 379
- Appendix TRW Inc.
- Principal Acquisitions and Mergers, Joint Ventures, and Divestitures, 1959-1996 387.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-477) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0875846068
- OCLC:
- 37369088
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