What is good for General Motors? : solving America's industrial conundrum / Thomas A. Crumm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crumm, Thomas A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Automobile industry and trade--United States--Management.

Automobile industry and trade.

Industrial policy--United States.

Industrial policy.

United States--Economic policy.

United States.

Ford Motor Company--Management.

Ford Motor Company.

General Motors Corporation--Management.

General Motors Corporation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Algora Pub., c2010.

Language Note:

English

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-1990's and Roger Smith's development of a Saturn expansion proposal in the late-1980's after a career in GM plant operations designing and managing manufacturing systems.

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. 1950's and 1960's: Countering UAW and NADA Ambitions; Chapter 6. 1970's and 1980's: Financial-Criteria-Based Decisions Strip-Mine the Industrial Sector; Chapter 7. 1990's and 2000's: Three Dinosaurs Are Lured Across the Pacific; Chapter 8. Assessment of China's Industrial Sector; Chapter 9. Social and Legislative Hurdles

Epilogue: CounterING the Pessimists in Funeral Homes Appendix 1. Table of the Evolution of Inefficiencies; Appendix 2. Bringing America's Auto Industry Back to Life; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-87586-779-0

OCLC:

693761536