The Leadership Genius of Alfred P. Sloan: Invaluable Lessons on Business, Management, and Leadership for Today's Manager - Hardcover

Freeman, Allyn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071457968 ISBN 13: 9780071457965

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2005

Synopsis

Considered one of the most influential business leaders of the 20th Century, Alfred P. Sloan created the organisational and marketing approaches that have become the models for all large companies well into the present day.

From his groundbreaking approaches for leadership by consensus, encouraging dissent, employing facts and data, and managing consumers, Sloan not only created the GM powerhouse, but influenced the strategic vision, managerial and leadership style, and operational discipline of today’s most successful companies.

In The Leadership Genius of Alfred P. Sloan, Allyn Freeman takes readers through a detailed analysis of the Sloan principles, their application at GM, and how established organisations are effectively implementing the concepts. The author distills lessons from companies as varied as IBM and Trader Joe’s to demonstrate the timeliness of Sloan’s principles and shows readers how to apply these concepts to their own organisations.

Sloan’s brilliance as the CEO of General Motors is legendary and the approaches he conceived of and implemented there timeless

Sloan’s organisational and marketing models remain as practical today as when they were first created

The Leadership Genius of Alfred P. Sloan provides a detailed analysis of each Sloan principle, its historic application at GM, and how established organisations successfully implemented the Sloan idea

In this book, Sloan’s innovative business practices are brought up to date with instructive case studies from modern companies that take a lessons-oriented approach for managers who want to duplicate the methods in their own companies

The book includes lessons from leading businesses across a wide range of industries, from IBM, Apple, and Sony to Heinz, Federated, and Trader Joe’s

Allyn Freeman is an experienced author and business consultant with strong connections within the business community

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A powerful guide to utilizing

Sloan's timeless principles for success

"General Motors' Alfred P. Sloan is as important today as he was in the past century, a brilliant corporate executive with practical advice for leaders and managers. This book captures the essence of Sloan's pioneering achievements."--Peter M. Thompson, President & CEO, Pepsi-Cola International (Retired)

"The Leadership Genius of Alfred P. Sloan offers senior executives a useful guide to the managerial wisdom of a brilliant CEO. The book describes Sloan's ascendancy at General Motors where, for the first time, he put into place easy-to-follow and winning concepts for corporate success."--Peter Kiers, President, BMR Associates

"This is compelling and thought provoking glance back into the origins of the modern corporation and how General Motors triumphed under the strong leadership of a business genius."--Douglas Fielding, President, The Companion Group

"Enormously interesting and definitely original. In illustrates the formative years of the automobile industry and demonstrates how Sloan's innovative corporate ideas improved upon all previous managerial systems."--Ezra Mager, CEO, EPM Advisory, LLC

"This is a first-rate piece of business writing, providing a detailed insight into the brilliant mind of Alfred P. Sloan. Practical. Informative. Instructional."--Lawrence M. Small, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution

"The history of Alfred P. Sloan at General Motors is the history of the rise and importance of the corporate organization. Not only do we learn how Sloan prospered but we also see how other managers achieved success by copying Sloan's methods."--Charles Clarkson, Chairman, The Clarkson Group

"Alfred P. Sloan set the standard for corporate leadership. This book tells the how and the why. A must read for today's manager."--Stephen Rhodes, Partner, RTS Consulting

Synopsis:

This title presents Alfred P. Sloan's proven principles for success, completely updated for today's business professional. Legendary General Motors CEO and visionary business leader Alfred P. Sloan created the breakthrough organizational and marketing approaches that have become the models for all large companies to the present day. "The Leadership Genius of Alfred P. Sloan" helps you to apply Sloan's timeless principles to your own organization, distilling lessons from top companies across a wide range of industries (IBM, Federated,Trader Joe's) that are effectively implementing the concepts. Sloan has been immortalized by such management gurus as Peter Drucker in his own books. 'Sloan is as important today as he was in the past century...This book captures the essence of [his] pioneering achievements' - Peter M. Thompson, former President and CEO of Pepsi-Cola International.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0071457968
• ISBN 13: 9780071457965
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240