Surviving Transformation

by Vincent P. Barabba

"The company is General Motors, and this book tells how it was able to change the way that important decisions were made, leading to a resurgence in business across its many product lines. At the beginning of the 1990s, GM was perceived by nearly everyone as falling behind its competitors at an alarming rate. By the beginning of the twenty-first century, though, the company had come storming back with successful new automobiles and new business concepts that captured new markets, while simultaneously holding on to many of its existing customers." "The lessons from GM's turnaround can help any business organization change and keep pace with today's turbulent marketplace."--Jacket. "How did a major corporation manage to turn itself around while Wall Street and others continued to predict its slow death? The answer may surprise you, and it provides a model for corporate transformation for any company or government agency operating in a world of accelerating change. The company is General