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Surviving transformation : lessons from GM's surprising turnaround

Describes the strategic turnaround at General Motors beginning in the early 1990s that has brought it back from the brink of bankruptcy. This work focuses on how other companies in a variety of industries can learn from GM's experience
eBook, English, 2004
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004
Case studies
1 online resource (xxiv, 256 pages) : illustrations
9781423720690, 9781280427879, 9780195346817, 1423720695, 1280427876, 0195346815
61342582
Foreword; 1 Setting the Scene; I: APPLYING THE RIGHT BUSINESS DESIGN; 2 Creating an Extended Customer Relationship Business; 3 Creating the Business You Want; 4 Transparency and a Dialogue with the Customer; 5 Finding the Right Mix of Business Designs; II: LISTENING, LEARNING, AND LEADING; 6 Solving the Right Problem the Right Way; 7 Solving a Messy Problem: Changing the Way a Product Portfolio Is Developed; 8 Solving a Divergent-Views Problem: Developing the Right Pickup Truck Portfolio and Getting the Right Engine in the Camaro and Firebird. 9 Solving a Complex Problem: Averting Unintended Consequences10 Applying What You Have Learned: Restoring an Existing Brand and Establishing a New One; III: MARKETING AS A STATE OF MIND; 11 Understanding the System in Which the Enterprise System Operates; 12 Challenging Our Critical Assumptions; 13 Leveraging Knowledge Across the Enterprise; 14 Combining Imagination and Market Knowledge; 15 Creating the Right Business Design in the Face of Uncertainty; 16 Starting with Your Destination; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011