1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910821779903321

Autore

Barabba Vincent P. <1934->

Titolo

Surviving transformation : lessons from GM's surprising turnaround / / Vincent P. Barabba

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

0-19-770372-0

1-280-42787-6

1-4237-2069-5

0-19-534681-5

1-60256-484-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Disciplina

658.4/06

Soggetti

Automobile industry and trade - United States - Management

Organizational change - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-244) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword; Contents; 1 Setting the Scene; 2 Creating an Extended Customer Relationship Business; 3 Creating the Business You Want; 4 Transparency and a Dialogue with the Customer; 5 Finding the Right Mix of Business Designs; 6 Solving the Right Problem the Right Way; 7 Solving a Messy Problem: Changing the Way a Product Portfolio Is Developed; 8 Solving a Divergent-Views Problem: Developing the Right Pickup Truck Portfolio and Getting the Right Engine in the Camaro and Firebird; 9 Solving a Complex Problem: Averting Unintended Consequences

10 Applying What You Have Learned: Restoring an Existing Brand and Establishing a New One11 Understanding the System in Which the Enterprise System Operates; 12 Challenging Our Critical Assumptions; 13 Leveraging Knowledge Across the Enterprise; 14 Combining Imagination and Market Knowledge; 15 Creating the Right Business Design in the Face of Uncertainty; 16 Starting with Your Destination; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Describes the strategic turnaround at General Motors beginning in the



early 1990's that has brought it back from the brink of bankruptcy. This work focuses on how other companies in a variety of industries can learn from GM's experience.