General Motors General Motors is a well known American company that is responsible for the fabrication and production of vehicles under others subsidiaries or brands such as Buick‚ Chevrolet‚ Cadillac‚ GMC‚ Oldsmobile‚ and Pontiac. Besides of the American brands there are other brands working through joint ventures like Opel‚ Wuling‚ Vauxhall‚ Holden‚ and Faw Jiefang. It seems to be an interesting strategy of market power the diversity of vehicles and models oriented to satisfy the necessity of the
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GENERAL MOTOR At the new General Motors‚ they are passionate about designing‚ building and selling the world’s best vehicles. This vision unites of GM as a team each and every day and is the hallmark of their customer-driven culture. Based on an article published by Uncommon Thought in 2005‚ one of the biggest concerns relating to the day to day operations of General Motors was the increasingly erratic cost of fuel. Because GM relies on a steady supply of fuel for transportation of their vehicles
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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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efficient definition of the Mission‚ Leadership is enabled to determine the Unifying Goals which inevitably bring strategic factions together in a comprehensive progressive resolution. The development of Visions‚ Values‚ and Missions‚ provides the organization with a Strategy
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company over time (e.g.‚ critical incidents) General Motors (GM) was founded in 1908. William C. Durant brought together 25 independent car companies to form one large corporation. Each company held its own identity as GM operated as central administration office for the 25 divisions. Due to high cost in manufacturing of automobiles‚ GM was only able to target wealthy customers who could afford cars. Then Henry Ford‚ owner and founder of Ford Motor Company‚ revolutionizes the production process
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“Financial Reporting Problem” By Yansel Padilla General Motor (GM) provides their records assets in their yearly statement in which they provide to the public in December before the end of the year. Some of the assets mentioned on their balance sheet are in sequence of liquidity to make sure that the investors can see how much money is available in case they require the capital for growth or debts. It is extremely important for the administration to be conscious at all times of the business asset
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Table of Contents Executive Summary General Motors (GM) is one of the big three auto makers of the world (GM‚ Ford‚ and Chrysler) and has historically been the largest and most successful. They have built some of the most famous and classic vehicles on the road which have portrayed messages of both modesty and display of class for a market of consumers who range from working class to music superstar; as Alfred P. Sloan‚ CEO of the 1920s put it‚ GM makes “a car for every purse and
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General Motors Leadership is one of the most important aspects and challenges a company faces which can influence the effectiveness or an organization. An organization counts on good leadership skills to direct and lead a company into performing and motivating to achieve attainable goals and produce income. According to the General Motors (2007) website‚ they are proud of their group affiliation of the Affinity Group which allows employees and management to link up and produce effective ideas
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General Motors was founded in September of 1908 by William Durant during a time that there were less than 8‚000 in the United States. Durant was already known in Flint‚ Michigan for his horse drawn vehicles. “At its inception GM held only the Buick Motor Company‚ but in a matter of years would acquire more than 20 companies including Oldsmobile‚ Cadillac‚ and Oakland‚ today known as Pontiac.”(History & Heritage-Creation‚” 2014) General Motors set the tone in the automobile industry with design
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Summary After three years bailed out by the federal government‚ General Motor Co. set a goal of making $10 billion a year which is an unthinkable goal. In 2012‚ GM report 2011 net income about $8 billion and its highest ever campare to 2010 with gain nearly twice which is $4.7 billion are growth in China and strong profit in North America. GM also aims over next several years to raise its profit margin to 10% from current margin of about 6% and would be among the highest in the auto industry. The
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