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  • Reactionary Essay to If Aristotle Ran General Motors, by Tom Morris

    Reactionary Essay to If Aristotle Ran General Motors, by Tom Morris

    Introduction In the book, If Aristotle Ran General Motors, Tom Morris argues that the teachings of the ancients can and should be applied to today's corporation. His message is that the four virtues - truth, beauty, goodness, and unity - form the foundation of human excellence. Putting them into practice leads not only to self-fulfillment, but ultimately to an open, nurturing, and ethical workplace that is more productive and successful in the long-term. The purpose

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    Essay Length: 1,306 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Tasha
  • General Motors, Poletown, Mi and the Executive Compass

    General Motors, Poletown, Mi and the Executive Compass

    In 1980, General Motors’ executives were faced with a dilemma regarding new plant construction in Detroit, Michigan. GM intended to close two of its aging facilities and rebuild new assembly plants at a different site location although still in the Detroit metro area. The only land site matching the construction specifications was a settlement called Poletown, Michigan. This township was home to more than 3,500 residents, all of whom would have to be relocated if

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    Essay Length: 1,780 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: regina
  • General Motors

    General Motors

    General Motor (GM) General motor was founded in 1908, by William "Billy" Durant. Before the automobile boom, Durant became the leading manufacture of horse drown vehicles. In the 1920s, invention such as telephone, radio and light bulb changed the life and household of many individual. It also created an era of possibilities. Thoughts of an automobile have imaginations racing that expanded the horizon for people to dream. As the demand for automobile increased, GM becomes

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    Essay Length: 613 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Janna
  • General Motors: Planning for the Future

    General Motors: Planning for the Future

    General Motors: Planning for the Future With the price of gas skyrocketing throughout the country, every car company has to rethink their planning strategy to stay competitive. Each company has come up with clever ways to keep customers coming back. General Motors introduced the employee discount for the general public. This seemed to help them stay competitive in the market. With this and other economical troubles, General Motors is developing new strategic planning to help

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    Essay Length: 985 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: Jack
  • Strategic Plan (general Motors)

    Strategic Plan (general Motors)

    Running head: Strategic Plan Strategic Plan (General Motors) MBA580 University of Phoenix Executive Summary General Motors (GM) has been a leader in the auto industry which over the past few decades has continued to lose market share to foreign competition. The current weak U.S. economy combined with rising fuel prices and increased political pressures regarding global warming, presents several challenges to GM and the entire auto industry. These current challenges provide exciting opportunities for the

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    Essay Length: 7,919 Words / 32 Pages
    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Jack
  • General Motors Going Green

    General Motors Going Green

    General Motors Going Green When many companies started there was no one thinking about being energy efficient or worry about polluting the air. They were more worried about making money, selling a product and sustaining jobs for the employees. But now we are in the 2000s and people are worried about the environment and trying to find ways to conserve energy and go “green”. Going green means being more environmentally friendly. One company that has

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    Essay Length: 524 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 3, 2010 By: Artur
  • General Motors Defense - External Environmental Analysis

    General Motors Defense - External Environmental Analysis

    External Environmental Analysis General Motors Defense faces an external environment that is highly turbulent, complex and global conditions that makes it very competitive. The main competitors of General Motors Defense are General Dynamics and United Defense. General Dynamics (GD) was a leading defense company, which for most of the U.S. Department of Defense programs, had shared the market with United Defense. General Dynamics was established in 1952 and in 1982 it added its combat system

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    Essay Length: 551 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 10, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Best Practice in Human Capital Management: General Motors

    Best Practice in Human Capital Management: General Motors

    Best Practice in Human Capital Management: General Motors (GM) Overview of GM General Motors is a diversified automotive business with interests in communications services, locomotives, finance, and insurance. GM's size is staggering. It has revenues of approximately $180 billion from more than 200 countries. Its manufacturing operations in over 50 countries produce 15% of the world's cars and trucks. GM has a gigantic global workforce of approximately 315,000 hourly and salaried employees. The business pays

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    Essay Length: 541 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Vika
  • General Motors Leads the Charge

    General Motors Leads the Charge

    GENERAL MOTORS LEADS THE CHARGE: The Launch of the GM Card In 1992 at a convention, Visa USA president and CEO Robert Heller belittled the arrival of non-band credit-card issuers. He joked that it wouldn’t be long before pizza parlors joined AT&T and General Motors in offering cards. Within a year he was punted and people were talking about McDonald’s having a credit card. The US Car Industry in the Early 90’s Flat demand and

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    Essay Length: 425 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 4, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Overview and Analysis of General Motors

    Overview and Analysis of General Motors

    OVERVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF GENERAL MOTORSGeneral Motors has no bad years, only good years and better years” (Sloan, 1972). This mantra established in 1950 by former GM president Harlow H. Curtice may have been true at one point, but is called into question today by many, including Wall Street. By many standards, General Motors is an extremely successful company, though an analysis of the corporation today uncovers many troubling issues. GM is and has

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    Essay Length: 1,600 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: February 15, 2010 By: Stenly
  • General Motors Problems

    General Motors Problems

    US automobile industry began at the end of the 1800’s and by the 1890’s one out of seven jobs and one out of six businesses owed their existence to the automobile. Also this industry was the largest single customer for many raw materials but now With analysts debating whether or not the American economy is already in a recession, the big three automakers in the US especially General Motors are sharply scaling back production. The

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    Essay Length: 599 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 25, 2010 By: Tommy
  • General Motor Problems

    General Motor Problems

    One main problem that is hindering General Motor's (GM) ability to be successful is the poorly designing of several vehicles over recent years by GM, and there inability to cut certain lines of vehicles from production that are outdated. Journalists say that GM makes ugly car's period, but this is definitely false considering that the GM corporation owns Corvette, Saab, Hummer, and Cadillac, all of which are top of the line brands with top of

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    Essay Length: 421 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 25, 2010 By: Edward
  • A Look at General Motors

    A Look at General Motors

    A Look at General Motors www.gm.com Presented by: Introduction to General Motors: General Motors was founded in 1908 and with the purchase of Buick Motor Company GM grew rapidly. GM continued to purchase Cadillac, Rapid Motor Vehicle, which eventually became the GMC Truck, as well as Oakland Motors now known as Pontiac, and in 1918 Chevrolet was also purchased. In 1919 GM created their General Motors Acceptance Corporation, which allowed the company to provide a

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    Essay Length: 2,990 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: March 26, 2010 By: Mike
  • Evaluation of the General Motors

    Evaluation of the General Motors

    EVALUATION OF THE GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION Prepared for Prepared by General Motors 2 General Motors Corporation Introduction General Motors Corporation is more than just cars and trucks. This corporation is involved in Telecommunications, Aerospace, Defense, Financial and Insurance Services, Locomotives, Automotive Systems and Heavy Duty Automatic Transmissions. General Motors comes in second on the Fortune 500 list behind only Wal-Mart, with total revenues of over 186,736 million dollars. This massive corporation employs over a

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    Essay Length: 1,037 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Edward
  • General Motors' Strategic Analysis

    General Motors' Strategic Analysis

    General Motors' Strategic Analysis Automotive Industry The automobile industry is the industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and also of motor vehicles. In 2007, more than million vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced. In 2007, a total of 71.9 million new automobiles were sold worldwide: 22.9 million in Europe, 21.4 million in Asia-Pacific, 19.4 million in USA and Canada, 4.4 million in Latin America, 2.4 million in the Middle East and

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    Essay Length: 4,183 Words / 17 Pages
    Submitted: February 11, 2011 By: khazan
  • Suzuki Motor Company Market Strategy Analysis

    Suzuki Motor Company Market Strategy Analysis

    Analysis of marketing strategy of Suzuki Motor Company, Ltd. (Suzuki) Company Background: Michio Suzuki founded Suzuki Loom Works, a privately owned loom manufacturing company, in 1909 in Hamamatsu, Japan. In 1952, the company began manufacturing and marketing a 2-cycle, 36 cubic centimeter (cc) motorcycle, which became so popular that in 1954 the company introduced a second motorcycle and changed its name to Suzuki Motor Company, Ltd. (Suzuki).In 1985, American Suzuki opened its automotive division and

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    Essay Length: 3,163 Words / 13 Pages
    Submitted: December 5, 2008 By: Fonta
  • General Information About Australia

    General Information About Australia

    General Information about Australia Australia is situated in the south-west of the Pacific Ocean. The area of this country is 7,7 million square kilometres. The population of the country is about 20 million people. The capital is Canberra. The population of Canberra is about 300 thousand people. Official language is English. Australia is the largest island in the world and it is the smallest continent. The Commonwealth of Australia is a self-governing federal state. It

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    Essay Length: 1,738 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2008 By: Max
  • General Purpose: Eating Disorder

    General Purpose: Eating Disorder

    General purpose: Eating disorder ( Anorexia) Specific purpose: I. Anorexia nervosa, which is commonly referred to anorexia, is a type of eating disorder. A. In the 1980s, it was difficult to find anybody who knew the true meaning of these terms, much less to know someone truly suffering from one of these syndromes. 1. Characters with eating disorder started appearing in books, plays and television series. B. Today disordered eating is alarming common, and it

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    Essay Length: 858 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 16, 2009 By: Anna
  • The Ford Motor Company

    The Ford Motor Company

    Ford Motor Company Address: The American Road Dearborn, Michigan 48121, USA Public Company Incorporated: July, 1918 Employees: 383,300 Sales: $62.17 billion Stock Index: New York, Boston, Pacific Midwest, Toronto, Montreal, London Until recently, the Ford Motor Company has been one of the most dynastic of American enterprises, a factor which has both benefited the company and has brought it to the brink of disaster. Today Ford is the second largest manufacturer of automobiles and trucks

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    Essay Length: 1,594 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: March 4, 2009 By: David
  • Us Generals of Wwii

    Us Generals of Wwii

    World War II was a critical period for America, not to mention the world as well. Throughout all the fighting and bloodshed, Americans returned home successful. Over 700,000 soldiers were disabled after the war, thankful for their lives. All the success and happiness of this country wouldn't have been possible if not for the bravery, courage, and strategies of our U.S. Generals. They provided the smarts, the morale, and motivation for our soldiers, navy, and

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    Essay Length: 2,899 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: March 16, 2009 By: Tommy
  • General Guidelines for Strength Training

    General Guidelines for Strength Training

    General Guidelines for Strength Training 1. Train with a high level of intensity. It has been shown that the harder you train (intensity), the greater the adaptive response. A high level of intensity is characterized by performing an exercise to the point of concentric (positive) muscular failure, i.e., you've exhausted your muscles to the extent that the weight cannot be moved for any more repetitions. 2. Follow the "double progression" technique in regards to repetitions

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    Essay Length: 946 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Toyota Motor Corporation

    Toyota Motor Corporation

    Toyota Motor Corporation Table of Contents Table of Contents ii 1. Introduction 1 1.1. History 2 2. Financial Information 3 2.1. Financial Analysis 3 3. Mergers and Acquisitions 4 4. Competition and Foreign Interests 5 5. Future Expectations 5 6. Conclusion 6 References 7 1. Introduction Toyota, which is known as Toyota Motor Corporation is one of the most exciting names in the automobile industry today. Toyota is one of the most competitive companies globally

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    Essay Length: 1,858 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Mike
  • Compare Dollar General’s Financial Performance with That of Family Dollar

    Compare Dollar General’s Financial Performance with That of Family Dollar

    Compare Dollar General’s financial performance with that of Family Dollar. Dollar General has been performing well financially ever since they were established in 1955. In its first 10 years of existence, Dollar General had grown to 255 stores with nearly $26 million in annual sales. In 2002, annual sales were $6.1 billion and there were 6,300 stores in 27 states in operation. Strategy shifts as well as major acquisitions allowed for Dollar General to continue

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    Essay Length: 1,382 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Mike
  • A Distressed Electric Motor Company in the European Motor Industry

    A Distressed Electric Motor Company in the European Motor Industry

    Synopsis Business is built upon relationships. So when a reputable electric motors company (EMC) is confronted with losing a large business association, a quick and effective yet longevous arrangement needs to be enforced. The company supply windows for an extensive range of vehicles across the European market in the motor industry and are presently in process of developing new products to their range of commodities. Motors have become prone to failure and the vehicle manufacturers

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    Essay Length: 1,796 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Bred
  • An Outline of the General Scentific Insights That Microbial Genome Sequencing Can and Has Provided

    An Outline of the General Scentific Insights That Microbial Genome Sequencing Can and Has Provided

    An Outline of the General Scentific Insights that Microbial Genome Sequencing Can and Has Provided Microbial genome sequencing may be first dated back to the work of Frederick Sanger, who in 19 developed the “chain termination method”, or Dideoxy termination method; the first discovered method of complete DNA sequencing.1,2. Since then, sequencing techniques have improved greatly in their efficiency, although it took 20 years for the first entire genome to be sequenced, that of Haemophilis

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    Essay Length: 2,180 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Victor

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