My years with general motors audiobook

Publication date 1964 topics general motors corporation publisher. Bill gates calls his book probably the best book to read. In depth view into general motors price to book value including historical data from 2010, charts, stats and industry comps. My years with general motors by john stevens alfred p. Internet archive contributor internet archive language english. Buy my years with general motors book online at low prices in. Listen to my years with general motors by alfred p. My years with general motors became an instant best seller when it was first published in 1963. My years with general motors audible audio edition.

Alfred sloan my years with general motors the old motor. Normally i dont like management books so much because i think often the role o the ceo is glorified. Sloan, longtime chairman of general motors went before the cameras to narrate a short film. Billy, alfred, and general motors audiobook william. My years with general motors and other stories richard a. General motors, american corporation that was the worlds largest motorvehicle manufacturer for much of the 20th and early 21st centuries. It has since been used as a manual for managers, offering personal glimpses into the practice of the discipline of. It has since been used as a manual for managers, offering. This is the story no other businessman could tella distillation of half a century of intimate leadership experience with a giant industry and. My involvement in that story began in gms darkest days, five years ago on sunday, nov. General motors cos book value per share for the quarter that ended in mar.

Two years later, after the resignation of president and founder w. Its inspiring details about general motors have motivated and encouraged many managers. In that time, he transformed gm from a ragtag collection of unfocused, poorlyperforming businesses into the largest company in the world. My years with general motors became an instant bestseller when it was first published in 1963. My years with general motors by alfred sloan, sloan, paperback.

Underwood gms market share peaked in 1963 at 52%, according to john wolkonowicz, senior auto analyst at ihs global insight. My years with general motors by alfred sloan librarything. Billy, alfred, and general motors is the tale not just of the two extraordinary men of its title but also of the formative decades of 20thcentury america, through two world wars and sea changes in business, industry, politics, and culture. Maxwell motor and the making of the chrysler corporation. Sloans my years with general motors the mit press by john mcdonald and dan seligman aug 29, 2003 3. My years with general motors ebook by alfred p sloan jr. Sloan was the ceo and later chairman of general motors for 35 years from around 1920 to 1955. The book is part memoir, part essays on management. My years with general motors by alfred sloan, sloan. Apr 18, 2003 my years with general motors was published in 1963 by alfred p. During the past 5 years, the average book value per share growth rate was 4. Free download david buschs sony alpha slta99 guide to digital slr photography david buschs digital photography guides.

In my years with general motors, he discusses how he did it. Jan 16, 2015 sloans business biography, my years with general motors, was an instant best seller when it was first published in 1964 and is still considered indispensable reading by modern business giants. He oversaw such automotive advancements as fourwheel brakes and ethyl gasoline. It is widely regarded as one of the best management books, among others by peter drucker and bill gates.

My years with general motors became an instant bestseller. My years with general motors alfred pritchard sloan. A dozen years ago, i wrote a book whose title, if aristotle ran general motors, used this quintessential american company, along with a paradigmatically great thinker of the ages as emblematic of, respectively, the realm of business and the world of wisdom. The one book to be read on management, acc to bill gates. Automobile industry and trade, case studies, general motors corporation, history, industrial management, management, histoire, general motors corporation, gestion. The reissue edition of my years with general motors was published by rhus in 1990 and is available in paperback. Highbridge audio firm my years with general motors became an instant bestseller when it was first published in 1963.

Sloans business biography, my years with general motors, was an instant best seller when it was first published in 1964 and is still considered indispensable reading by. This book contains his memoirs about this time and was released in 1964. It has since been used as a manual for managers, offering personal glimpses into the practice of the discipline of management by the man who perfected it. Read my years with general motors by alfred p sloan jr. Stevens, catherine and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. During the past 3 years, the average book value per share growth rate was 0. May 25, 2011 the news that rick wagoner has been forced out of his position as head of general motors set me reflecting today. In 1963 he wrote my years with general motors, a memoir about his experience at the helm of automotive company. Bill gates praises it as the best book to read on business, and business week named it the number one choice for its bookshelf of indispensable reading. Timeless lessons on business from legends of the golden. The new york times bestselling author of bitter brew chronicles the birth and rise to greatness of the american auto industry through the remarkable life of harley earl, an eccentric sixfootfive, stuttering visionary who dropped out of college and went on to invent the profession of automobile styling, thereby revolutionized the way cars were made, marketed, and even imagined. Alfred sloan became ceo of general motors in 1923, and stayed on for several decades. It was fifty years ago that alfred sloans now classic my years with general motors hit bookstores, and immediately appeared on the new york times nonfiction bestsellers list.

Sloan is seen as the first person to have worked out systematic organization in a big company, planning and strategy, measurements, the principle of decentralization in short, basic concepts of a discipline of management. How general motors was built into the largest corporation in the world. Free download my years with general motors wlqbook. In his book, the author explains the policies and processes. The book includes vivid, wartsandall portraits of the legends of the golden age of the automobile, from. Jun 26, 2009 general motors was the company that invented the phrase \professional management\. This business book has received praise from stalwarts like bill gates. My grandfather was the vice president of the sloan foundation. My years with general motors audiobook by alfred p. Alfred sloan my years with general motors the all steel body. The news that rick wagoner has been forced out of his position as head of general motors set me reflecting today.

It has since been used as a manual for managers, offering personal glimpses into the practice of the. As sloan was head of what was arguably the most important company in the industrialized world through much of the first half of the 20th century, the book is also a valuable primary reference source about the development of the american. My years with general motors alfred p sloan ebook enet. My years with general motors was an instant best seller when it was first published in 1964 and is still considered indispensable reading by acclaimed business leaders today. Its major products include automobiles and trucks, automotive components, and engines. The co on which peter drucker wrote his book on corporations. Sloans memoir, my years with general motors,3 written in the 1950s 4 exemplified sloans vision of the professional manager and the carefully engineered corporate structure in. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free.