Re: 1948 Merger Talks

Posted by BH On 2008/4/25 8:00:55

Sloan was the number one reason behind GM's success - as a vertically-integrated conglomeration - and the company road on the coattails of his work for decades after he was gone.

Many years ago, a co-worker lent me his copy of Sloan's autobiography, but I was not able to get through it cover-to-cover before I returned it to him. It was the driest read that I'd come across since the economics textbook from my college years (which I still have), but I could see the brilliance of Sloan's organization.

GM's abandonment of Sloan's master plan will be their undoing.