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Autore: |
Crumm Thomas A
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Titolo: |
What is good for General Motors? [[electronic resource] ] : solving America's industrial conundrum / / Thomas A. Crumm
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Pubblicazione: | New York, : Algora Pub., c2010 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (250 p.) |
Disciplina: | 338.7/6292220973 |
Soggetto topico: | Automobile industry and trade - United States - Management |
Industrial policy - United States | |
Soggetto geografico: | United States Economic policy |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | What is good for General Motors ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-87586-779-0 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910459367503321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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