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Car Guys vs. Bean Counters

Author : Bob Lutz
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1591846226
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (918 download)

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Download or read book Car Guys vs. Bean Counters written by Bob Lutz and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One of the most acute books about management and how companies work in practice that I have read in a long time. If anyone wants to know exactly how the U.S. auto industry got into trouble, here is your guide.” —John Gapper, FINANCIAL TIMES When Bob Lutz got into the auto business in the early 1960s, CEOs knew that if you captured the public’s imagination with innovative car design and top-quality craftsmanship, the money would follow. The “car guys” held sway, and GM dominated with bold, creative leadership and iconic brands like Cadillac, Buick, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, GMC, and Chevrolet. But then GM’s leadership began to put its faith in numbers and spreadsheets. Determined to eliminate the “waste” and “personality worship” of the bygone creative leaders, management got too smart for its own good. With the bean counters firmly in charge, carmakers, and much of American industry, lost their single-minded focus on product excellence and their competitive advantage. Decline soon followed. In 2001, General Motors hired Lutz out of retirement with a mandate to save the company by making great cars again. As vice chairman, he launched a war against the penny-pinching number crunchers who ran the company by the bottom line and reinstated a focus on creativity, design, and cars and trucks that would satisfy GM’s customers. Lutz’s commonsense lessons, combined with a generous helping of fascinating anecdotes, will inspire readers in any industry.

Guts

Author : Robert A. Lutz
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Guts written by Robert A. Lutz and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1998-09-29 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides Chrysler's Senior Manager Bob Lutz's philosophy behind his "seven laws" of business, explaining how that can be applied to making changes, transforming an operation, and creating a successful company.

Calling All Cars

Author : Kathleen Battles
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452915083
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book Calling All Cars written by Kathleen Battles and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Calling All Cars shows how radio played a key role in an emerging form of policing during the turbulent years of the Depression. Until this time popular culture had characterized the gangster as hero, but radio crime dramas worked against this attitude and were ultimately successful in making heroes out of law enforcement officers.Through close analysis of radio programming of the era and the production of true crime docudramas, Kathleen Battles argues that radio was a significant site for overhauling the dismal public image of policing. However, it was not simply the elevation of the perception of police that was at stake. Using radio, reformers sought to control the symbolic terrain through which citizens encountered the police, and it became a medium to promote a positive meaning and purpose for policing. For example, Battles connects the apprehension of criminals by a dragnet with the idea of using the radio network to both publicize this activity and make it popular with citizens.The first book to systematically address the development of crime dramas during the golden age of radio, Calling All Cars explores an important irony: the intimacy of the newest technology of the time helped create an intimate authority—the police as the appropriate force for control—over the citizenry.

Fill 'er Up!

Author : Tim Russell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781610603867
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Fill 'er Up! written by Tim Russell and published by . This book was released on with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this car culture of ours, what could be more American than the gas station, from the roadside pit stop in the middle of nowhere to the spit-and-polish, full service city shop? This brightly illustrated history of service stations runs the gamut from East to West, North to South, spotlighting the culture and lore of the gas-pumping garage that has kept the United States moving for a century. Whether it's the last-chance Texaco or the Sinclair dinosaur winking in the distance, the beckoning Shell, or the winged Mobil horse, it's here in all its small-town glory of compact architecture, inspired promotions, art deco pumps, and endless views of the American horizon. Author Tim Russell, one of the world's foremost collectors and historians of Petroliana, rolls out the ribbon of highway that takes us to all of those way stations of Americas motoring past.

To Every Thing a Season

Author : Bruce Kuklick
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691222169
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book To Every Thing a Season written by Bruce Kuklick and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shibe Park was demolished in 1976, and today its site is surrounded by the devastation of North Philadelphia. Kuklick, however, vividly evokes the feelings people had about the home of the Philadelphia Athletics and later the Phillies.

Country Fried Soul

Author : Tamara Palmer
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780879308575
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Country Fried Soul written by Tamara Palmer and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2005 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers an overview of "Dirty South" rap--a phenomenon centered around cities such as Atlanta, Miami, and New Orleans--covering such groups as The Neptunes, Timbaland, OutKast, Lil Jon, Ludacris, and Cee-Lo.

Among Enemies

Author : Luke Bencie
Publisher : Mountain Lake Press
ISBN 13 : 0988591901
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (885 download)

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Download or read book Among Enemies written by Luke Bencie and published by Mountain Lake Press. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each business day, some 35,000 executives, scientists, consultants, and lawyers pass through the nation's airports to destinations across the globe. They carry, along with proprietary documents and computer files, the latest in personal electronic gear. However, carefully watching most of those travelers—beginning the moment they arrive at the airport and often sooner—are uncounted numbers of espionage operatives. These individuals work for foreign intelligence services and economic concerns and seek to separate international business travelers from their trade secrets. To succeed, they use many time-tested techniques to lure unsuspecting travelers into vulnerable or compromising positions. They also employ the latest electronic means to steal business information often at a distance from their prey. This is the 21st century, after all, and economic and industrial espionage have become multibillion-dollar enterprises, utilizing a wide array of the most sophisticated means to obtain proprietary information. Luke Bencie is a veteran of this struggle. He knows intimately the threats business travelers face and how to combat those threats. In Among Enemies: Counter-Espionage for the Business Traveler, Bencie provides everything you need to know to protect yourself and your company from attempted espionage.

Taken for a Ride

Author : Bill Vlasic
Publisher : Harper Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9780060934484
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Taken for a Ride written by Bill Vlasic and published by Harper Paperbacks. This book was released on 2001-06-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the book that exposed the Daimler-Chrysler "merger of equals" as a bold German takeover of an industrial icon. Taken for a Ride reveals the shock waves felt around the world when Daimler-Benz bought Chrysler for $36 billion in 1998. In a gripping narrative, Bill Vlasic and Bradley A. Stertz go behind the scenes of the defining corporate drama of the decade -- and in a new epilogue chart its chaotic aftermath.

American Icon

Author : Bryce G. Hoffman
Publisher : Three Rivers Press
ISBN 13 : 0307886050
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book American Icon written by Bryce G. Hoffman and published by Three Rivers Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting, behind-the-scenes account of the near collapse of the Ford Motor Company, which in 2008 was close to bankruptcy, and CEO Alan Mulally's hard-fought effort and bold plan--including his decision not to take federal bailout money--to bring Ford back from the brink.

Makers and Takers

Author : Rana Foroohar
Publisher : Currency
ISBN 13 : 0553447254
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (534 download)

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Download or read book Makers and Takers written by Rana Foroohar and published by Currency. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is Wall Street bad for Main Street America? "A well-told exploration of why our current economy is leaving too many behind." —The New York Times In looking at the forces that shaped the 2016 presidential election, one thing is clear: much of the population believes that our economic system is rigged to enrich the privileged elites at the expense of hard-working Americans. This is a belief held equally on both sides of political spectrum, and it seems only to be gaining momentum. A key reason, says Financial Times columnist Rana Foroohar, is the fact that Wall Street is no longer supporting Main Street businesses that create the jobs for the middle and working class. She draws on in-depth reporting and interviews at the highest rungs of business and government to show how the “financialization of America”—the phenomenon by which finance and its way of thinking have come to dominate every corner of business—is threatening the American Dream. Now updated with new material explaining how our corrupted financial system propelled Donald Trump to power, Makers and Takers explores the confluence of forces that has led American businesses to favor balance-sheet engineering over the actual kind, greed over growth, and short-term profits over putting people to work. From the cozy relationship between Wall Street and Washington, to a tax code designed to benefit wealthy individuals and corporations, to forty years of bad policy decisions, she shows why so many Americans have lost trust in the system, and why it matters urgently to us all. Through colorful stories of both “Takers,” those stifling job creation while lining their own pockets, and “Makers,” businesses serving the real economy, Foroohar shows how we can reverse these trends for a better path forward.

Once Upon a Car

Author : Bill Vlasic
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 006204222X
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Once Upon a Car written by Bill Vlasic and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once Upon a Car is the brilliantly reported inside-the-boardrooms-and-factories story of Detroit’s fight for survival, going beyond the headlines to chronicle how the country’s Big Three auto companies—General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler—teetered on the brink of collapse during the 2008 financial crisis. In a tale that reads like a corporate thriller, Bill Vlasic, who has covered the auto industry for more than fifteen years, first for the Detroit News and now for the New York Times, takes readers into the executive offices, assembly plants, and union halls to introduce a cast of memorable characters, many of whom are speaking out for the first time, including the executives who struggled to save their companies but in the end had to seek a controversial, last-gasp rescue from the U.S. government. Vlasic goes behind the scenes to portray the men at the top during Detroit’s last stand. Rick Wagoner, the CEO of General Motors, tried to turn around a dying company, only to be forced to resign as a condition of the government bailout. Bill Ford, great-grandson of the legendary Henry Ford, had the will to keep Ford alive but needed the guts to hire an unknown outsider, Alan Mulally, to transform the company before it crashed. At Chrysler, leadership was constantly changing as new owners tried in vain to fix the smallest of the beleaguered Big Three. And through it all, the president of the United Auto Workers union, Ron Gettelfinger, fought to save the jobs of the men and women who build American-made cars and trucks. This tale of an iconic industry in crisis is more than a big business drama and provides a rich, unvarnished portrait of how Detroit’s decline affected tens of thousands of workers and dozens of communities nationwide. The story moves from the gleaming corporate skyscrapers and massive auto plants to the halls of the U.S. Congress and into the Oval Office, where President Obama and his aides wrestled with how to keep General Motors and Chrysler from going out of business. Vlasic shows why the bailout worked, and how Detroit can succeed under new leadership and build automobiles equal to any in the world. Once Upon a Car tells a uniquely American tale of success, failure, and redemption. It is an important and illuminating chapter in an astonishing story that is still unfolding. And no one is more qualified to write it than Bill Vlasic.

Insanely Simple

Author : Ken Segall
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0670921203
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Insanely Simple written by Ken Segall and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Simple can be harder than complex. You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end, because once you get there, you can move mountains' Steve Jobs, BusinessWeek, May 25, 1998 To Steve Jobs, Simplicity wasn't just a design principle. It was a religion and a weapon. The obsession with Simplicity is what separates Apple from other technology companies. It's what helped Apple recover from near death in 1997 to become the most valuable company on Earth in 2011, and guides the way Apple is organized, how it designs products, and how it connects with customers. It's by crushing the forces of Complexity that the company remains on its stellar trajectory. As creative director, Ken Segall played a key role in Apple's resurrection, helping to create such critical campaigns as 'Think Different' and naming the iMac. Insanely Simple is his insider's view of Jobs' world. It reveals the ten elements of Simplicity that have driven Apple's success - which you can use to propel your own organisation. Reading Insanely Simple, you'll be a fly on the wall inside a conference room with Steve Jobs, and on the receiving end of his midnight phone calls. You'll understand how his obsession with Simplicity helped Apple perform better and faster.

Unleashing the Innovators

Author : Jim Stengel
Publisher : Currency
ISBN 13 : 0451497236
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book Unleashing the Innovators written by Jim Stengel and published by Currency. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's established companies must find new ways to reignite their entrepreneurial DNA and jumpstart revenues--or risk losing their way. By working with startup companies, Jim Stengel, renowned consultant to Fortune 500 companies and the former global marketing officer for Procter & Gamble, says that legacy companies can renew themselves: by acquiring new technology and creating new business lines; relearning the need for speed; sparking innovation; and learning from failures. At P&G, Stengel saw the importance of establishing partnerships with the startup world in order to learn how to better innovate. Relying on extensive interviews with innovation leaders at enterprise companies and startups, Stengel’s Unleashing the Innovators takes readers inside such storied companies as GE and Wells Fargo, IBM and Target, Motorola Solutions and Toyota to see what they are learning from their alliances with entrepreneurs. Stengel also explores how even 20- and 30-year-old "startups" like Amazon, Google, and Facebook can reinvent themselves--and what managers at legacy companies everywhere can learn from them. Drawing on a specially commissioned global study of over 200 established corporations and startups, conducted by research consultancy OgilvyRED, Stengel found that companies with successful startup partnerships are three times more likely to change their culture to be more innovative. Filled with indepth stories from the front lines of today’s most forward-looking companies, Unleashing the Innovators shows how companies of all sizes can better navigate today’s changing landscape, accelerate innovation, increase revenues, and improve their customer relationships.

How to Steal a Car

Author : Pete Hautman
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545112877
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (451 download)

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Download or read book How to Steal a Car written by Pete Hautman and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen-year-old, suburban high school student Kelleigh, who has her learner's permit, recounts how she began stealing cars one summer, for reasons that seem unclear even to her.

The Lion's Gate

Author : Steven Pressfield
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1595231196
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (952 download)

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Download or read book The Lion's Gate written by Steven Pressfield and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Gates of Fire and Killing Rommel, the thrilling true story of one of the most unlikely and astonishing military victories in history. June 5, 1967. Israel is surrounded by enemies who want nothing less than her utter extinction. The Soviet-equipped Egyptian Army has massed a thousand tanks on the nation’s southern border. Syrian heavy guns are shelling her from the north. To the east, Jordan and Iraq are moving mechanized brigades and fighter squadrons into position to attack. June 10, 1967. The Arab armies have been routed, their air forces totally destroyed. Israel’s citizen-soldiers have seized the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, the Golan Heights from Syria, East Jerusalem and the West Bank from Jordan. Moshe Dayan has entered the Lion’s Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem to stand with the paratroopers who have liberated Judaism’s holiest site—the Western Wall. Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews with veterans of the war—fighter and helicopter pilots, tank commanders and Recon soldiers, paratroopers, as well as women soldiers, wives, and others—bestselling author Steven Pressfield tells the story of the Six Day War as you’ve never experienced it before.

Big Bother

Author : Toni Johnson-Woods
Publisher : University of Queensland Press(Australia)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Big Bother written by Toni Johnson-Woods and published by University of Queensland Press(Australia). This book was released on 2002 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the "Big Brother" phenomenon, revealing behind-the scenes information on the housemates and the programme's extraordinary popularity. What did the series reveal about Australian culture?

Car

Author : Mary Walton
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393318616
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (186 download)

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Download or read book Car written by Mary Walton and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This astonishing journey into the belly of one of our most important industries, a portrait of the energy and ingenuity of America at work, follows the 1996 Ford Taurus from its conception to its public debut.