G.M. Is Fined Over Safety and Called a Lawbreaker
By MATTHEW L. WALD and DANIELLE IVORY
In a civil settlement, federal regulators said General Motors also agreed to change its internal review process after a defect was linked to 13 deaths and a recall.
Wide-Ranging Recall
By BILL VLASIC
The departures of General Motors’ chief spokesman and head Washington adviser, and its top human resources executive are the first major changes in the automaker’s senior management since a recall in February.
這種事， Alfred Sloan 會如何處理？通
用汽車公司(General Motors Co.)首席執行長Mary Barra稱，該公司計劃在其產品開發團隊中設立一個全球產品整合部門 ( 這翻譯有點問題： global product integrity organization) ，這一部門將涵蓋該公司不久前成立的產品安全部門。今年2月以來，通用汽車公司因多種問題在全球範圍內累計召回700萬輛汽車，其中包括點火開關、剎車和其他問題。
通用汽車首席執行長Mary Barra稱，計劃在其產品開發團隊中設立一個名為global product integrity organization 的部門，該部門將涵蓋公司不久前成立的產品安全部門。
My Years with General Motors我與通用汽車公司
紐約時報的書評中譯，參考二十世紀的書
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Henry Ford is rightly credited with inventing the assembly line—and with it mass production. But it was his great rival at General Motors (GM), Alfred Sloan, who really invented modern professional management. Sloan organised his company into divisions that specialised in cars “for every purse and purpose” and he fashioned a managerial class that turned GM into the world’s biggest company. His 1964 book, My Years with General Motors, is a cool explanation of how he did it (“management has been my specialisation,” he wrote flatly). It is a book that puts subsequent business autobiographies to shame.
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My Years with General Motors By Alfred Sloan 我與通用汽車公司 台北：協志，1971
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