1956
DOI: 10.2307/2390839
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Contributions to Administration by Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., and GM

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“…Future mobility seems to be more interconnected, smarter and better integrated into users' everyday lives (Grazia Speranza, 2018; Pütz et al , 2019). Developments suggest that the automobile has to regain the status of being “a car for every pursue and purpose” as former GM president Alfred Sloan once coined (Dale, 1956, p. 46).…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Future mobility seems to be more interconnected, smarter and better integrated into users' everyday lives (Grazia Speranza, 2018; Pütz et al , 2019). Developments suggest that the automobile has to regain the status of being “a car for every pursue and purpose” as former GM president Alfred Sloan once coined (Dale, 1956, p. 46).…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Under Durant, General Motors was extremely decentralized – essentially a holding company with subsidiaries operating independently of each other. The central office was a “one-man” show (Dale, 1956, p. 385) – Durant with two or three personal assistants (Chandler, 1962). Implementing the new mass-class strategy would require an effective organizational structure.…”
Section: Strategy and Structure At General Motorsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Through the 1920s, Du Pont owned about one-third of the car company’s stock. It was Pierre du Pont, GM president from 1920 to 1923, who engineered the removal of GM’s founder, William Durant, replacing him with Sloan (Dale, 1956). Furthermore, Walter Carpenter, Du Pont’s vice-president of finance (roughly equivalent to today’s chief financial officer), advised Sloan on the construction of GM’s executive incentive program (Chandler and Salsbury, 1971; Cheape, 1995; Holden, 2005).…”
Section: A (Relatively) New and (Institutionally) Embedded Conceptmentioning
confidence: 99%