Robert F. Freeland, Mark Granovetter

The Struggle for Control of the Modern Corporation

Organizational Change at General Motors, 1924 1970

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Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on primary historical material, The Struggle for Control of the Modern Corporation provides a historical overview of decision making and political struggle within one of Americas largest and most important corporations. Freeland examines the changes in the General Motors organization between the years 1924 and 1970. He takes issue with the well-known argument of business historian Alfred Chandler and economist Oliver Williamson, who contend that GMs multidivisional structure emerged and survived because it was more efficient than alternative forms of organization.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 773g
• ISBN-13: 9780521630344
• ISBN-10: 0521630347
• Artikelnr.: 22420217

Autorenporträt

Robert F. Freeland is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin. He has published in the American Journal of Sociology and Business History Review, and is the recipient of the 1998 Social Science History Association's President's Book Prize for this book.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The modern corporation and the problem of order
2. Creating corporate order: conflicting versions of decentralization at GM, 1921-33
3. Administrative centralization of the M-Form, 1934-41
4. Participative decentralization redefined: mobilizing for war production, 1941-5
5. The split between finance and operations: postwar problems and organization structure, 1945-8
6. Consent as an organization weapon: coalition politics and the destruction of cooperation, 1948-58
7. Consent destroyed: the decline and fall of General Motors, 1958-80
8. Conclusion.