Alfred P. Sloan
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Alfred P. Sloan was a prominent American business executive and long-time president and chairman of General Motors, known for pioneering modern corporate management practices and organizational structures.
Aliases (2)
- Alfred P. Sloan Jr. ×1
- Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr. ×1
Statements (48)
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| instanceOf |
business executive
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human → industrialist → philanthropist → |
| authorOf |
My Years with General Motors
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| awardReceived |
Industrial Research Institute Medal
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| burialPlace |
Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| dateOfBirth |
1875-05-23
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| dateOfDeath |
1966-02-17
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| educatedAt |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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| employer |
General Motors
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| ethnicGroup |
White American
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| familyName |
Sloan
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| fieldOfWork |
automotive industry
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corporate management → |
| founded |
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
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| fullName |
Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr.
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| genre |
business literature
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| givenName |
Alfred
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| hasNamedAfter |
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
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Sloan Fellows program → Sloan School of Management → |
| influenced |
management by decentralization with coordinated control
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modern corporate governance → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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| memberOf |
General Motors board of directors
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| notableFor |
developing annual model changes in the automobile industry
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developing decentralized corporate organizational structures → helping General Motors surpass Ford in U.S. auto sales → introducing the concept of a car for every purse and purpose → leading the growth of General Motors in the early 20th century → pioneering modern corporate management practices → |
| notableWork |
My Years with General Motors
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| occupation |
author
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businessperson → corporate executive → |
| placeOfBirth |
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
New York City, New York, United States
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| positionHeld |
chairman of General Motors
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chief executive of General Motors → president of General Motors → |
| religion |
Presbyterianism
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| residence |
New York City, New York, United States
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| sexOrGender |
male
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| spouse |
Irene Jackson Sloan
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| timePeriod |
20th century
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| workedOn |
organizational structure of General Motors
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Referenced by (11)
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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation → MIT Sloan School of Management → Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center → Sloan Research Fellowships ("Alfred P. Sloan Jr.") → |
namedAfter |
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My Years with General Motors
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author |
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My Years with General Motors
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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
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foundedBy |
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Alfred P. Sloan
("Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr.")
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fullName |
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Sloan
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hasNotableBearer |
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Kensico Cemetery
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hasNotableBurial |