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

• Autore: Crumm Thomas A
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Algora Pub., c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• 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
• 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.: 9910808783403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II