SWOT analysis of General Motors This is a General Motors Company SWOT analysis for 2013. For more information on how to do SWOT analysis please refer to our article. Company background General Motors Company (GM) is a corporate that designs‚ builds and sells cars and trucks. Name Industries served Geographic areas served Headquarters Current CEO Revenue Profit Employees Main Competitors General Motors Company Automotive Worldwide U.S. Daniel Akerson $ 152.3 billion (2012) $ 4.9 billion (2012)
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FORD MOTOR COMPANY .VS. GENERAL MOTORS Ford Automotive Company Background The Ford Automotive Company began as a vision of its founder Henry Ford. Henry Ford was born in 1863 on a farm near Dearborn‚ Michigan. In 1890 Ford’s hobby in the engineering field became a career as he began his employment at Detroit Edison Company. In 1892‚ Ford built his first gasoline buggy in which he sold in 1896 to help fund the construction of a new automobile. Three years later in 1899‚ Ford was forced to
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TOM FORD Executive summary Tom Ford‚ one of the most influential designers in the world‚ can accredit his success to his drive‚ having a vision‚ working hard and taking risks. He dug Gucci up from the ground and created history in doing so. He was born with an innate ability to create and perfect‚ and through his passion he created hedonistic luxury and painfully romantic glamous. He redefined and brought the Gucci Group to success. He had an overwhelming impact on the fashion industry
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Business: The Ford Pinto Fires In early 1968‚ the Ford Motor Company decided to take on the foreign car competition by introducing a compact‚ affordable vehicle they named the Pinto. What began as the decision to enter the race for the top small car ultimately led to an unprecedented court case wherein the Ford Motor Company found itself charged with reckless homicide and was the first corporation charged with criminal conduct. In this paper‚ the authors delve into the tragedy of the Ford Pinto fires
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Chapter (11) Synchronous Motors Introduction It may be recalled that a d.c. generator can be run as a d.c. motor. In like manner‚ an alternator may operate as a motor by connecting its armature winding to a 3-phase supply. It is then called a synchronous motor. As the name implies‚ a synchronous motor runs at synchronous speed (Ns = 120f/P) i.e.‚ in synchronism with the revolving field produced by the 3-phase supply. The speed of rotation is‚ therefore‚ tied to the frequency of the source. Since
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Tesla Motors‚ Inc. Tesla Motors‚ Inc. (Tesla)‚ incorporated on July 1‚ 2003‚ designs‚ develops‚ manufactures and sells electric vehicles and advanced electric vehicle powertrain components. The company was founded by a group of Silicon Valley Engineers who saw an opportunity to mass-produce electric vehicles as substitutes for the ordinary gasoline powered vehicles. Tesla‚ which issued its IPO in 2010‚ became the second listed American motor company after Ford‚ which went public in 1956.Tesla owns
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FORD CASE STUDY 1. Using competing values‚ assess why Ford is widely considered more effective than GM. How could GM have used the competing-values approach in the early 1980s to recognize that it had problems? • In case of Ford motors they were earlier implementing the Rational Goal Model that lays immense emphasis of higher level of productivity‚ efficiency and profit. The decision-making is centralized to the higher-level authority with very less or no participation from the lower level
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Statement…………………………………………………………………….8 B. Vision Statement………………………………………………………………………8 C. Current Situation………………………………………………………………………9 1. External Analysis……………………………………………………………...9 a. Opportunities…………………………………………………………..9 b. Threats…………………….10 c. The Competition………… d. Economic Impact e. Social-Cultural-Demographic Factors f. Political-Legal-Governmental Forces g. Environmental Influences h. Technological Changes i. Trends 2. Internal Analysis a. Strengths
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FORD MOTOR COMPANY FINANCIAL ANALYSIS Table of Contents Executive Summary……………………………………………………………. 1 Introduction…………………………………………………………………….. 2 Income Statement………………………………………………………………. 3 Balance Sheet…………………………………………………………………... 4 - 5 Statement of Cash Flows……………………………………………………….. 6 Profitability Ratios……………………………………………………………... 7 Liquidity Ratios………………………………………………………………… 8 Debt/Leverage Ratios…………………………………………………………... 8 - 9 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………
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TERM PAPER OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT ON “CHANGE MANAGEMENT AT TATA MOTORS” SUBMITTED TO: Ms. ANUMEHA SUBMITTED BY: ANCHAL DHAWAN MBA-LIT (IV-D) RT1804B33 Reg. no.: 10810204 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The satisfaction and euphoria that accompany the successful completion of any task would be incompletes without the mention of people who made it possible‚ those consistent guidance and encouragement crowned my efforts with success. In the completion of my master degree first of
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