My Years With General Motors

Why this book is must reading - Peter F. Drucker

Preface

Introduction

Part 1

1. The great opportunity 1
2. The great opportunity 2
3. Concept of the organization
4. Product policy and its origins
5. The 'copper cooled' engine
6. Stabilization
7. Co-ordination by committee
8. The development of financial controls
9. Transformation of the automobile market
10. Policy creation
11. Financial growth

Part 2

12. Evolution of the automobile
13. The annual model change
14. The technical staffs
15. Styling
16. Distribution and the dealers
17. Gmac
18. The corporation overseas
19. Non-automotive: diesel electric locomotives, appliances, aviation
20. Contributions to national defense
21. Personnel and labor relations
22. Inventive compensation
23. The management: how it works
24. Change and progress

Index