My Years with General Motors

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My Years with General Motors is Alfred P. Sloan’s influential memoir and management book detailing his leadership strategies and the development of General Motors into a dominant industrial corporation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
management book
memoir
author Alfred P. Sloan
coAuthor John McDonald
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describes decentralized management
financial controls in corporations
leadership of Alfred P. Sloan
multidivisional structure
organizational design at General Motors
product policy at General Motors
strategic planning
documents development of General Motors into a dominant industrial corporation
featuresOrganization General Motors
featuresPerson Alfred P. Sloan
genre autobiography
business literature
hasForm non-fiction prose
hasPerspective first-person account
hasReputation classic of management literature
influenced business education
corporate governance practices
management theory
language English
mainSubject General Motors
automotive industry
corporate strategy
industrial organization
management
mediaType print
notableFor analysis of decentralized corporate structure
detailed history of General Motors management
portrays rise of General Motors as a dominant automaker
publicationYear 1963
publisher Doubleday
setting Detroit Big Three automakers
surface form: United States automotive industry
timePeriodCovered 1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
topic competitive strategy
corporate planning
industrial competition with Ford Motor Company
organizational structure
usedAs business school text

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