General Motors Corporation Restructuring Plan for Long-Term Viability Submitted to Senate Banking Committee & House of Representatives Financial Services Committee December 2‚ 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1. INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................4 2. BACKGROUND .............................................................................................................6 3. THE PROBLEM ..................
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General Motors S.W.O.T Analysis General Motors Corporation (GM) is primarily engaged in the production of vehicles. It designs‚ manufactures and markets car‚ trucks‚ and other automobile parts all over the world. GM has a strong brand portfolio gives it significant competitive advantage. However‚ sustained decline in light vehicle sales as a result of increasing durability of vehicles and weak economic conditional pressure on the overall performance of the company. Strengths Weakness
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General Motor’s Strategic Analysis pressure from substitute or complementary products‚ (4) bargaining power of buyers‚ and (5) bargaining power of suppliers. 1. Rivalry between existing competitors With the rise of foreign competitors like Toyota‚ Honda and Nissan in the 1970’s and 80’s‚ rivalryin the American auto industry has become much more intense. Firms compete on both price andnon-price dimensions. The price competition erodes profits by drawing down price-cost marginswhile non-price competition
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General management Case II: 1. Discuss merits/demerits of the role of strike‚ agitation and legal approach in union management relations? The principal engagement of Union with management is though their actions like lobbying‚ politics‚ and the community which extends to strike‚ agitation and legal approach. Strikes first became important during the industrial revolution‚ when mass labor became important in factories and mines while legal approach is the latest trend which is picking
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General Motors ’ Strategic Analysis Automotive Industry The automobile industry is the industry involved in the design‚ development‚ manufacture‚ marketing‚ and also of motor vehicles. In 2007‚ more than million vehicles‚ including cars and commercial vehicles were produced. In 2007‚ a total of 71.9 million new automobiles were sold worldwide: 22.9 million in Europe‚ 21.4 million in Asia-Pacific‚ 19.4 million in USA and Canada‚ 4.4 million in Latin America‚ 2.4 million in the Middle East and
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General Motors holds the award for the highest quality vehicle on the market today. General Motors is an American vehicle manufacturer. Based in Detroit‚ Michigan General Motors makes many vehicles per year in many styles‚ like pickups‚ cars‚ SUV’s and more. General Motors has many brands under the base company like Chevy‚ GMC‚ Buick‚ and Cadillac. General Motors is the best of the best because of the fact that General Motors is believed to be the best vehicle brand‚ Low Cost to Own‚ and High Towing
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comparing data from 1993 and 1994 Very well researched General Motors - Financial Ratio Analysis I. General Motors History Highlights In its early years the automobile industry consisted of hundreds of firms‚ each producing a few models. William Durant‚ who bought and reorganized a failing Buick Motors in 1904‚ determined that if several automobile makers would unite‚ it would increase the protection for the group. He formed the General Motors Company in Flint‚ Michigan‚ in 1908. Durant had bought
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General Motors Case Study #3 Problem Summary: One of the most serious problems that GM faces is when the firm announced a $10.6 billion loss‚ which was their first in 12 years. The auditors for General Motors even thought that the firm’s survival was in substantial doubt even if they received the additional $30 billion they were going to borrow from the federal government. The problems have grown as a result of mistakes by GM’s management over the last 30 years. They built up a bloated bureaucracy
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Harrah’s Entertainment Case Questions 1. Discuss briefly the factors that drove Harrah’s customer relationship strategy. 2. Discuss briefly the integration between Harrah’s patron database and the marketing workbench. 3. Discuss briefly whether Harrah’s business and IT strategies were aligned‚ and what factors contributed to or detracted from achieving alignment. 4. Does Harrah’s have a sustainable competitive advantage? Can other companies duplicate what Harrah’s has done? 5. What are
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INDIAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND STUDIES Sub: General Management Max Marks: 100 Executive Masters Program in Business Administration (E-MBA) (Semester I ) Note :- Solve any 4 case study All case carries equal marks Name of Candidate: Shaju Padmanabhan Unni Reference No: Course: Specializations : Date of Exam : M-001-1138 : E-MBA Sales & Marketing 2/1/2013 1 INDIAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND STUDIES Sub: General Management Max Marks: 100 Case I PANDIT TO AFAUZI The case is based
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