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My Years with General Motors

Alfred P. Sloan Jr.

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    Penguin Random House’s description reports that Gates praises My Years with General Motors as a business book.
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Summary

Alfred P. Sloan recounts his years leading General Motors and explains the management system that developed as the company grew. His account covers the balance between central policy and responsibility within operating divisions, along with financial control and product strategy. The book combines the history of a large car business with Sloan’s account of how its managers made decisions.

  • SourcePenguin Random House, My Years with General Motors · Publisher description and ISBN 9780385042352
  • SourceeNet Press, My Years with General Motors: licensed Apple Books description · Publisher Description; organization policy, financial control and product policy

Why read it Our view

Read for the systems a large company needs as its decisions move beyond one leader. Sloan’s account gives useful questions about which choices to centralize, what divisions should control, and how financial measures connect the two.