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Car Guys vs. Bean Counters: The Battle for the Soul of American Business
by Lutz, Bob | PB | Good
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- Condition
- Good
- Seller notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
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- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 1591846226
- Book Title
- Car Guys Vs. Bean Counters : the Battle for the Soul of American Business
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
- Topic
- Industries / Automobile Industry, Economics / Macroeconomics, General, Management, Business
- Item Weight
- 8.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1591846226
ISBN-13
9781591846222
eBay Product ID (ePID)
150610759
Product Key Features
Book Title
Car Guys Vs. Bean Counters : the Battle for the Soul of American Business
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Topic
Industries / Automobile Industry, Economics / Macroeconomics, General, Management, Business
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
8.4 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"This book should be required reading for every young person who seeks a business degree. That applies equally to the current management of GM." -David E. Davis, Jr., former editor and publisher of Car and Driver Β "This is exactly what you'd expect from Bob Lutz: no holds barred, no punches pulled, and no stone left unturned. It's a true insider's perspective and a great read." -Stephen J. Girsky, vice chairman of General Motors Β " Car Guys vs. Bean Counters is the best book written by an auto industry insider since Iacocca in 1984, and deserves to be shelved alongside Alfred P. Sloan's management classic, My Years with General Motors ." - Fortune Β "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 US auto industry got into trouble, here is your guide." - Financial Times, "This book should be required reading for every young person who seeks a business degree. That applies equally to the current management of GM." -David E. Davis, Jr., former editor and publisher of Car and Driver Β "This is exactly what you'd expect from Bob Lutz: no holds barred, no punches pulled, and no stone left unturned. It's a true insider's perspective and a great read." -Stephen J. Girsky, vice chairman of General Motors Β " Car Guys vs. Bean Counters is the best book written by an auto industry insider since Iacocca in 1984, and deserves to be shelved alongside Alfred P. Sloan's management classic, My Years with General Motors ." - Fortune, "This book should be required reading for every young person who seeks a business degree. That applies equally to the current management of GM." --David E. Davis, Jr., former editor and publisher of Car and Driver "This is exactly what you'd expect from Bob Lutz: no holds barred, no punches pulled, and no stone left unturned. It's a true insider's perspective and a great read." --Stephen J. Girsky, vice chairman of General Motors " Car Guys vs. Bean Counters is the best book written by an auto industry insider since Iacocca in 1984, and deserves to be shelved alongside Alfred P. Sloan's management classic, My Years with General Motors ." -- Fortune
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
338.7/6292220973
Synopsis
"One of the most acute books about management and how comΒpanies 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 trouΒble, 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 craftsΒmanship, 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., "One of the most acute books about management and how com-panies 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 trou-ble, 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 crafts-manship, 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., "One of the most acute books about management and how com-panies 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 trou-ble, 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 crafts-manship, 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.
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