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My Years with GM
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My Years with General Motors is Alfred P. Sloan's memoir detailing his tenure and the managerial innovations that structured modern corporate management.
Sloan describes GM's shift to decentralized operations combined with centralized financial controls, forecasting, and performance accountability that shaped 20th-century industry.
The book explains how forecasting and centralized control methods were implemented to coordinate large organizations and manage variability in production and demand.
It remains a seminal text in understanding the origins of contemporary corporate governance and management theory.
Sloan's account offers both historical narrative and practical insights into organizational design.
Sloan describes GM's shift to decentralized operations combined with centralized financial controls, forecasting, and performance accountability that shaped 20th-century industry.
The book explains how forecasting and centralized control methods were implemented to coordinate large organizations and manage variability in production and demand.
It remains a seminal text in understanding the origins of contemporary corporate governance and management theory.
Sloan's account offers both historical narrative and practical insights into organizational design.
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