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
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management book ⓘ memoir ⓘ |
| author | Alfred P. Sloan ⓘ |
| coAuthor | John McDonald ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describes |
decentralized management
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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
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business literature ⓘ |
| hasForm | non-fiction prose ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first-person account ⓘ |
| hasReputation | classic of management literature ⓘ |
| influenced |
business education
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corporate governance practices ⓘ management theory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
General Motors
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automotive industry ⓘ corporate strategy ⓘ industrial organization ⓘ management ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of decentralized corporate structure
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detailed history of General Motors management ⓘ |
| portrays | rise of General Motors as a dominant automaker ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| setting |
Detroit Big Three automakers
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surface form:
United States automotive industry
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| timePeriodCovered |
1920s
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1930s ⓘ 1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ |
| topic |
competitive strategy
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corporate planning ⓘ industrial competition with Ford Motor Company ⓘ organizational structure ⓘ |
| usedAs | business school text ⓘ |
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