What was the strategy that Alfred Sloan developed to given GM a competitive advantage over Ford and
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General Motors (GM) was once the largest and most profitable industrial company in the world. But during the last decades, it became one of the least profitable; in 2008, after the economic recession caused a 40% plunge in United States car sales, it was losing so much money that it was forced to ask the government for a loan of billions of dollars to keep it afloat. As an indication of how much the company has shrunk, in 1995, GM employed more than 700,000 people globally; by 2005, this had dropped to 325,000, and by the end of 2009, less than 200,000 as GM continued to lay off or offer buyouts to tens of thousands of its managers and employees.
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Sloans strategy for GM was one of broad differentiation He took GMs 25 independent car companies and organized them into five independent divisions Ea...View the full answer
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Essentials of strategic management
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