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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“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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General Motors Corp.‚ the world ’s largest automaker‚ has been the global industry sales leader for 75 years. Founded in 1908‚ GM today employs about 327‚000 people around the world. With global headquarters in Detroit‚ GM manufactures its cars and trucks in 33 countries. In 2005‚ 9.17 million GM cars and trucks were sold globally under the following brands: Buick‚ Cadillac‚ Chevrolet‚ GMC‚ GM Daewoo‚ Holden‚ HUMMER‚ Opel‚ Pontiac‚ Saab‚ Saturn and Vauxhall. GM operates one of the world ’s leading
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Running head: GENERAL MOTORS Assignment #5 General Motors DeAndre Daniels Strayer University Financial Management FIN 534 Dr. Ron 06-September-2011 Summary This report discusses General Motors Corporation‚ one of the largest auto manufacturers globally‚ manufacturing cars and trucks in 34 countries and its subsidiaries. This assignment is an analysis of General Motors Corporation’s financial stability. It is hoped that these findings illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of the
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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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http://www.gm.com/company/about-gm http://www.samples-help.org.uk/mission-statements/general-motors-vision-statement.htm http://www.inc.com/resources/startup/articles/20050201/missionstatement.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_General_Motors#Corporate_restructuring http://www.scribd.com/doc/23232458/GM-Competitive-Advantage-and-Market-Analysis-PDF William Pelfrey (2006) “Billy‚ Alfred and General Motors” New York‚ NY. AMACON
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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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ADVANTAGES OF VERTICAL INTEGRATION It leads to reduction of transportation costs as the common ownership results in closer geographic proximity. The transaction costs can be controlled if a firm acquires the other firms in the vertical chain‚ then one division of the same company will transfer goods to other divisions. So‚ transaction costs in form of transport‚ cost of negotiation‚ cost of control etc. will be eliminated. The overall average cost of the firm will decrease because if the divisions
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