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In the Rings of Saturn Hardcover Joe Sherman
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- Publication Name
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- ISBN
- 9780195072440
- Book Title
- In the Rings of Saturn
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Publication Year
- 1993
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- Business & Economics
- Topic
- Industries / Automobile Industry
- Item Weight
- 23.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195072448
ISBN-13
9780195072440
eBay Product ID (ePID)
56144
Product Key Features
Book Title
In the Rings of Saturn
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Industries / Automobile Industry
Publication Year
1993
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
23.4 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
93-012858
Dewey Edition
20
Reviews
"This is the most complete history of Saturn to date, covering the period from the original planning to Saturn's successful entry inu to the highly competitive marketplace. The author does a fine job of detailing the many problems surrounding the start-up of the Saturn complex, ranging fromcommunity resistance to turmoil in the executive suite at GM, as well as describing some important features of the unique people system."--Donald F. Ephlin, Senior Lecturer, Sloan School of Management, MIT, and International Vice President, retired, the United Auto Workers Union, "Deftly portrays the conflicting points of view....[Sherman] covers thegamut in this book, talking about racism in the Deep South, resentment somelocal people felt for the company that disrupted their lives forever and the madrush among some to sell the land for top dollar to 'speculators....A wonderfulread for anyone interested in what can happen when an industry as large as GMthrusts itself upon a tiny, picturesque town in the middle of farmingcountry."--Nashville Banner, "This is the most complete history of Saturn to date, covering the periodfrom the original planning to Saturn's successful entry inu to the highlycompetitive marketplace. The author does a fine job of detailing the manyproblems surrounding the start-up of the Saturn complex, ranging from communityresistance to turmoil in the executive suite at GM, as well as describing someimportant features of the unique people system."--Donald F. Ephlin, SeniorLecturer, Sloan School of Management, MIT, and International Vice President,retired, the United Auto Workers Union, "In the Rings of Saturn is a different kind of book about a different kind of company. Saturn has been billed as, perhaps, the last gasp chance to demonstrate a traditional American company's ability to compete in the modern era while, at the same time, serving as a learning laboratory. JoeSherman has written a provocative and insightful book on this important happening. He goes well beyond a mere description of the mechanical aspects of producing the Saturn car by looking in depth at the community and its citizens, as well as the empmloyees of Saturn. He aptly describes the depth ofhuman emotions involved in this massive experiment....If you are interested in the process of change in the '90s, the so-called paradigm shift, In the Rings of Saturn is must reading."--David E. Cole, Director, Office for the Study of Automotive Transportation, University of Michigan TransportationResearch Institute, "A fascinating study that offers a rare look at how corporate America andthe American South forged a new chapter in automotive history."--William Ferris,Co-editor, Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, "Provides an opportunity to reflect on how industrial renewal in the United States might best be handled to benefit both business and the community"--Sloan Management Review, "A step-by-step account of the progress of Saturn Corporation from its inception through the company's first two years of production. The most compelling sections deal with the widely publicized impact the building of the Saturn factory had on rural Maury County, Tennessee, and on the town ofSpring Hill in particular....Readable."--Publishers Weekly, "A step-by-step account of the progress of Saturn Corporation from itsinception through the company's first two years of production. The mostcompelling sections deal with the widely publicized impact the building of theSaturn factory had on rural Maury County, Tennessee, and on the town of SpringHill in particular....Readable."--Publishers Weekly, "More than mere 'car talk', this is a rich and detailed assessment of how rural development and the good intentions of many gets turned around and distorted, leaving people and places with fewer rather than more opportunities and options."--Mark B. Lapping, author of Rural Planning andDevelopment in the United States, "An interesting, instructive story...Sherman skillfully weaves togethorseveral disparate themes."--Booklist, "A fascinating study that offers a rare look at how corporate America and the American South forged a new chapter in automotive history."--William Ferris, Co-editor, Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, 'A wide-ranging and ultimately diffuse reconstruction of how General Motors managed to launch a breakthrough line of popularly priced small passenger cars under the Saturn aegis at a time when the parent organization was experiencing convulsive financial, governance, and sales difficulties ... tellingly detailed in many respects.'Kirkus Reviews'a provocative and insightful book ... If you are interested in the process of change in the '90s, the so-called paradigm shift, In the Rings of Saturn is must reading.' David E. Cole, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute'the most complete history of Saturn to date, covering the period from the original planning to Saturn's successful entry in to the highly competitive marketplace. The author does a fine job of detailing the many problems surrounding the start-up of the Saturn complex.' Donald F. Ephlin, Sloan School of Management'a fascinating study that offers a rare look at how corporate America and the American South forged a new chapter in automotive history.' William Ferris, Co-Editor, Encyclopedia of Southern Culture'a rich and detiled assessment' Mark B. Lapping, author of Rural Planning and Development in the United States, "Deftly portrays the conflicting points of view....[Sherman] covers the gamut in this book, talking about racism in the Deep South, resentment some local people felt for the company that disrupted their lives forever and the mad rush among some to sell the land for top dollar to'speculators....A wonderful read for anyone interested in what can happen when an industry as large as GM thrusts itself upon a tiny, picturesque town in the middle of farming country."--Nashville Banner, "An interesting, instructive story...Sherman skillfully weaves togethor several disparate themes."--Booklist, "Provides an opportunity to reflect on how industrial renewal in theUnited States might best be handled to benefit both business and thecommunity"--Sloan Management Review, "In the Rings of Saturn is a different kind of book about a different kindof company. Saturn has been billed as, perhaps, the last gasp chance todemonstrate a traditional American company's ability to compete in the modernera while, at the same time, serving as a learning laboratory. Joe Sherman haswritten a provocative and insightful book on this important happening. He goeswell beyond a mere description of the mechanical aspects of producing the Saturncar by looking in depth at the community and its citizens, as well as theempmloyees of Saturn. He aptly describes the depth of human emotions involved inthis massive experiment....If you are interested in the process of change in the'90s, the so-called paradigm shift, In the Rings of Saturn is mustreading."--David E. Cole, Director, Office for the Study of AutomotiveTransportation, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
Dewey Decimal
338.7629
Synopsis
In this compelling, readable narrative, Joe Sherman explores virtually every aspect of the Saturn project, America's biggest and most publicized industrial success of the last decade. Here is the whole story--Saturn's mysterious beginnings inside General Motors in 1982; the site hunt that involved 38 states and ended in Spring Hill, Tennessee; the plant's construction and the transfer of 5,000 UAW members to a historic Southern backwater; and finally the small car's triumph in the marketplace (Consumer Reports and J.D. Powers both dubbed Saturn a made-in-America breakthrough)--all woven together into a candid, panoramic tapestry. In the Rings of Saturn has a striking immediacy: the reader sees almost first-hand GM's 1991 Annual Meeting at the Grand Ole Opry led by chairman Robert Stempel, as gadfly stockholders turn the event into a parody. We spend a week on the crankshaft machining line under the care of paternal, bearlike teamleader Bob Courtemanche, experiencing Saturn's revolutionary but troubled team structure. We even drive around with Spring Hill's flamboyant, tobacco-spitting mayor George Jones, who tells Sherman that the difference between a "Yankee" and a "damned Yankee" is "a Yankee comes here and goes home; a damned Yankee stays." Dozens of characters, from local farmers, to inspired assembly line workers, to "car smarts and gut feel" engineers, move across these pages. Through these flesh-and-blood portraits, Sherman brings to life a very American story of renewal and growth, of great hope and soured expectations, of greed and lost opportunities. And he reveals as well the downside of the project--that while the car itself is a triumph, the project has failed to provide either the learning laboratory General Motors needed or a model for positive redevelopment rural America yearns for. In the Rings of Saturn is both the anatomy of a corporate triumph and an incisive commentary on industrial renewal in the United States. And it exposes the high hopes and earthshattering disappointments that occur when big business appears in rural areas. It is a volume that will enlighten business readers, inform the automotive industry, and entertain Saturn car buyers, many of whom will think: "My little car means all this?", In this compelling, readable narrative, Joe Sherman explores virtually every aspect of the Saturn project, America's biggest and most publicized industrial success of the last decade. Here is the whole story--Saturn's mysterious beginnings inside General Motors in 1982; the site hunt that involved 38 states and ended in Spring Hill, Tennessee; the plant's construction and the transfer of 5,000 UAW members to a historic Southern backwater; and finally the small car's triumph in the marketplace ( Consumer Reports and J.D. Powers both dubbed Saturn a made-in-America breakthrough)--all woven together into a candid, panoramic tapestry. In the Rings of Saturn has a striking immediacy: the reader sees almost first-hand GM's 1991 Annual Meeting at the Grand Ole Opry led by chairman Robert Stempel, as gadfly stockholders turn the event into a parody. We spend a week on the crankshaft machining line under the care of paternal, bearlike teamleader Bob Courtemanche, experiencing Saturn's revolutionary but troubled team structure. We even drive around with Spring Hill's flamboyant, tobacco-spitting mayor George Jones, who tells Sherman that the difference between a "Yankee" and a "damned Yankee" is "a Yankee comes here and goes home; a damned Yankee stays." Dozens of characters, from local farmers, to inspired assembly line workers, to "car smarts and gut feel" engineers, move across these pages. Through these flesh-and-blood portraits, Sherman brings to life a very American story of renewal and growth, of great hope and soured expectations, of greed and lost opportunities. And he reveals as well the downside of the project--that while the car itself is a triumph, the project has failed to provide either the learning laboratory General Motors needed or a model for positive redevelopment rural America yearns for. In the Rings of Saturn is both the anatomy of a corporate triumph and an incisive commentary on industrial renewal in the United States. And it exposes the high hopes and earthshattering disappointments that occur when big business appears in rural areas. It is a volume that will enlighten business readers, inform the automotive industry, and entertain Saturn car buyers, many of whom will think: "My little car means all this?", In this compelling, readable narrative, Joe Sherman explores virtually every aspect of the Saturn project, America's biggest and most publicized industrial success of the last decade. Here is the whole story - Saturn's mysterious beginnings inside General Motors in 1982; the site hunt that involved 38 states and ended in Spring Hill, Tennessee; the plant's construction and the transfer of 5,000 UAW members to a historic Southern backwater; and finally the small car's triumph in the marketplace.Telling the story through the standpoint of dozens of characters, from local farmers, to inspired assembly line workers, to 'car smarts and gut feel' engineers, Sherman brings to life a very American story of renewal and growth, of great hope and soured expectations, of greed and lost opportunities. And he reveals that if the USA wants to produce high quality products that the world will want to buy, it must begin to adopt methods similar to those used in making the Saturn car., This is the only account of how General Motors built a new plant to manufacture an entirely new car - the Saturn (a family car in the same market sector as the Ford Escort, Honda Civic, or Toyota Corolla). The Saturn project became America's biggest and most publicized industrial success of the last decade: the car has proved popular with consumers and has successfully challenged Japanese firms in this market. As such, its story will provide European business-people with inspiring reading and important lessons. Joe Sherman gives a colourful account of the entire history of the project, unveiling Saturn's mysterious beginnings in 1982; the site hunt that involved 38 states and ended in Spring Hill Tennessee; the plant's construction and the transfer of 5,000 workers to this Southern backwater; and the car's triumph in the market-place. He also reveals that there was a down-side to the project: how it did not help General Motors find ways of expanding as a company and how it failed to provide model for positive redevelopment in rural America.
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