Essays on General Motors

1. Drivers of high costs of General Motors production According to the estimations of the market specialists, the usage of raw materials for the production of cars is the major problem of automobile industry resulting in the increase of the expenses and costs. In this regard, it is clear that some companies succeed to find cheaper raw materials with the purpose to save expenses spent for the production of the vehicles. However, in the majority cases this approach fails because of the problems with the quality of the production of the goods with the usage of new raw materials. ...

Chevrolet Silverado also known as GMC Sierra is a product of General Motors. It is a full-size and heavy-duty pickup truck. The series of heavy-duty trucks of General Motors from which Chevrolet Silverado belongs was first introduced in 1999. Since its confinement in the General Motors till today, it passed through different innovative and more efficient advancements (Chevrolet.Ca, 2017). The variations in the engine and other equipment of the vehicle made it more successful and the prime choice for its buyers. It also managed to make its place in the market due to its holding company, General Motors that ...

Corporate History and Background 3

Corporate Business Strategy 4 Corporate Structure 4 Corporate Stakeholders 6 Corporate Identity, Image, and Reputation 6 Internal Communication Strategies 7 Corporate Social Responsibilities Strategies 8 Corporate Advertising Strategies 9 Media Relations Strategies 10 Investor Relations Strategies 11 Government Relations Strategies 11 Crisis Communication Strategies 12 Recommendations 13

References 14

Corporate History and Background The history of Toyota can be dated back to 1924 when the Toyoda Model G Automatic Loom was invented by Sakichi Toyoda. In 1933, Sakichi Toyoda’s son Kiichiro Toyoda started the production of Toyota automobiles and this venture was established as a division of Toyoda Automatic Loom ...

Analysis of Tesla Motors

Analysis of Tesla Motors

Introduction

Organizations must use any strategy that will enable the organization to stay competitive and to also learn about any processes within the organization that could be changed in order to increase proficiency and efficiency. One such process is a critical analysis of the microeconomic and macroeconomic environment as well as any challenges that the organization may be encountering. This essay will perform an analysis of Tesla Motors to include the history of the organization, organizational regulations, factor markets, global pressures and foreign competition, cost structure, economies of scales; a critical analysis, practices of economic theory ...

LA#1

Strategic planning is the organizational management activity for defining the long-term plans, strategy, and direction. The set management objective, take a strategic decision and create a blueprint for the future. Vision and mission statement are created for employees, customers, and other stockholders of the company. It reflects the company’s values, core purpose, identity, and principles of the business aim. I have selected the vision statement of General Motors that is a more effective statement. The vision statement is, “GM’s vision is to be the world leader in transportation products and related services. We will earn our customers’ ...

Factors that Influence Purchasing Relationship in Automobile Industry of China

Introduction The USA, Western Europe, and Japan markets for the automobiles are almost stagnating causing an increased attention and concern to the world automotive industry. They have turned their interest in China market for cars. This is associated with the fast growing economy in China unlike that of European nations and the USA. The Chinese market for cars is indeed the turning point for all auto companies. The environment is conducive to start production in China to supply the potential markets and then export from there to other world markets. This literature will focus on the purchasing relationship in ...

Introduction

The mass product recall caused by the problems in the ignition systems was only the problem of quality assurance department of the General Motors, but also a reflection that the organization needs its organizational culture and leadership style to be fundamentally re-shaped. It has been previously argued that unless the company reconsiders its approaches to human resources management, organizational culture and leadership strategies, GM may face serious problems in the today’s vibrant markets. Specifically, because of huge media exposure, any further product recall may become the cause of substantial reduction in sales. The purposes of this paper it ...

Introduction

General Motors ignition switch recalls crisis is one of the most global recalls, which have ever happened in automotive industry. Not only has the company already recalled almost 800,000 vehicles across the United States of America, but also it forfeited US$ 900 million to the government as a compensation fund for the potential victims. In addition, by April 2014 the global recall rate of the GM cars reached the point of 30 million vehicles, inflicting serious damages to the company reputation and its financial standing. Despite the fact that the company is one of the strongest financially and ...

General Motors is one of the world’s major automobile manufacturing companies with well-accepted brands such as Chevrolet, Buick, Opel, GMC, Holden, GM Daewoo, Wuling, Vauxhall and Cadillac. The company’s largest markets are the United States, Brazil, the UK, China, Canada, Germany, and Russia. In 2009, the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota exceeded the number of vehicle sales for GM to become the leading auto manufacturer in the world. This success can be credited to a number of factors among them the Kaizen concept which is essentially a company culture observed at Toyota (Helper & Henderson 2014). This trend is ...

General Motors, also called “GM” in this piece, is an American corporation that is responsible for overseeing a number of automotive and vehicle brands. In total, GM is responsible for thirteen different brands: these brands are Alpheon, Cadillac, Vauxhall, Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, HSV, Wuling, Baojun, Jie Fang and Ravon (General Motors, 2016). Not all of these brands are available in every country served by General Motors; many of these subsidiaries are available only in particular regions or regional locales. As is traditional in the modern multinational corporation or conglomeration, the company has headquarters in one location, and each of ...

Part 1: Company Profile

Step 1: State Research Purpose The purpose of this research is search for the information about a company I have wished for so long to work. I have decided to search for this information from an American Multinational by the name, General Motors, (GM).

Step 2: Take a Mental Inventory

As a financial analysis, I have been looking for a financial job position in eFinancialCareers.com. After searching for the opportunities in different companies and organizations for any position relevant to finance, I came across an Assistant Chief Financial Officer in General Motors branch in San Diego, California. General Motors is one multinational company that I ...

Exit Partner Analysis: Schneider Company

Brief Summary and History of Schneider Company Schneider Company is one of the largest trucking firms in America. The company was started in 1935 after Al Schneider sold his car to buy the first truck. The company provides a range of services that include intermodal, truckload and logistics. Schneider deals with different solutions that include expedited, bulk, dedicated, long haul, supply chain management, cross dock logistics, regional, intermodal and port logistics (Muller, 2012). The company was privately owned by members of Schneider and was a small player until 1980s when the industry of trucking was deregulated. During this time, ...

The General Motors Company has been in the automobile industry since 1908 through which time it has diversified its operations to over 140 countries. The company produces thirteen different brands of motor vehicles including Chevrolet, Opel, GMC, Holden and Cadillac which are popular brands in the market. The diversity of the company required management to subdivide it into five different segments, including GM North America, which operates in North America, Opel Group situated in Germany and GM South America. The financial status of the company is tackled by the segment of GM Financials while GM International Operations handles the ...

International Business and Global Logistics

International Business and Global Logistics

Introduction

Undeniably, the main objective of any business organization is to grow in terms of profitability and market. The high market competition that most organizations face tends to impede the realization of their objectives. Thus, companies adopt different strategies to aid their survival in the markets. Pricing and marketing strategies are the major approaches that most companies use to gain a competitive advantage over their rivals (Dessler & Phillips, 2007). Multinational companies face competition both at domestic and the world markets. Thus, they consider implementing various strategies to enhance their market positions. Besides pricing and marketing ...

Potential Country Markets

The process of identifying the high potential countries where General Motor products can be marketed used a broad examination of several factors. The factors considered included country rating, business climate rating, 2015 forecasted market size, and the overall market potential evaluation index. The 2015 forecasted market size would help me select the nations that are importing GM products for further in-depth analysis in this paper. With the current reports, India would not be a safe country to target for GM products. The country is experiencing around medium, and the volatility in its economy would make slight changes that are ...

Analysis of Business and Corporate Levels Strategies

Analysis of Business and Corporate Levels Strategies

Introduction

The increased market competitions at both domestic and global levels have become a major concern of the managements of business organizations. High competition occurs as a result of many companies engaging in the same line of production, leading to the supply of similar products and services to the market. Different organizations adopt various strategies to help them improve their competitive positions and maintain their market share. Primarily, business organizations use strategic pricing methods to enhance their customer base. Also, different marketing strategies such as strategic market mix are adopted to improve the ...

International Market Entry Plan

Company/Product Overview. General Motors are a multinational corporation whose mother country is America. The General Motors’ business is in the automotive industry with its headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. The company’s main activities are the designing, building and selling of cars and trucks. It owns eighteen brands including Chevrolet, Cadillac, Opel, and GMC among others as illustrated by Harrison et al (17). There is no particular mission for the company, but on their website, they exist for this, “Making the best vehicles in the world needs world’s greatest employees. We take great pride on duty and care to ...

1. What is this case about The case is about finding the most efficient method that General Motors (GM) can use to finance for a second assembly point known as Module II for one of its newest division called Saturn Corporation. This was to increase Saturn’s production capacity so that the Corporation could achieve its long-term objective of selling 400,000 to 500,000 cars per year in the United States and selected international markets. There were four options available for carrying out the expansion process; expand at Spring Hill, convert an existing GM factory, Source models from ...

Introduction

The changes in the factors of production affect the production process of various commodities in the market. The production process of every product is done with a primary aim of maximizing profit in the market. There are several factors that affect the profit formation process in an organization. It is the role of the management of any business to ensure the operations of the enterprise are flexible and efficient in the organization. The management of the business consists of different departments in an organization. Every department in an organization plays a major role in the success of the company. ...

MEMORANDUM

Re: Sally Reporteur’s News Story on the Reform the Electoral College Movement FACTS Sally Reporteur recently graduated from a prestigious journalism school. Soon after graduation she found a position as reporter for a local news station. Based on her educational background, and the small staff at the news station, her supervisor gave her a fairly significant amount of discretion to find, investigate and write her own news stories. Like many people of her age group, Sally was quite adept at using information technologies for both her work and in her private life. One day, while she was chatting ...

International Automobile Manufacturing Industry

Introduction The International Automobile industry is one of the biggest industries across the world. It has a wide range and top of automobile companies in terms of production including Toyota, Volkswagen, General Motors, Nissan, and Ford. It is expected that by 2020, around 90 million cars and commercial vehicles will be produced (Barnard). Top car manufacturing countries around the world including Japan, Germany, and the USA. (Statista a) Cars, as well as commercial vehicles, are being produced across the world. The following graph shows the proportion of car and commercial vehicles producing worldwide from the year 2000 to 2015: ( ...

Born on November 19, 1909 in Vienna, Peter Drucker was well known for his writings in the field of economics earning the moniker “the man who invented management” from no less than the Business Week. Drucker was born in a family of intellectuals that normally played host to renowned personalities in the field of economics, politics, music, and science. Drucker considered this background his first education. He went on to study admiralty law in the 1920s and had to move to Germany in the process. He enrolled at Hamburg University and later on at Frankfurt University. He also worked ...

Present day education systems of the United States of America are subject to racially diversified college classrooms that are significantly different from the classes that existed by the second half of the twentieth century. The notable change is the outcome of “affirmative action” that became law under the Executive Order 11246 courtesy of President Lyndon Johnson in 1965. As per the terms of the executive order, publicly funded companies could not discriminate based on any traits including skin color, gender, and religion. In the end, the action sought to serve two purposes: make efforts to allocate equal opportunity for ...

The case study used in this study relates to the February 13, 2014 incident in which the General Motors (GM), an automobile manufacturer and assembler, announced that it was recalling a n umber of its ignition switch vehicles. This followed reports of a series of accidents involving the company’s vehicles and resulting in at least 13 people dead. This study is based on the contents of the Volukas report in which Mary Barra, the company’s CEO, takes us through some of the efforts made by the company to avert any future occurrence. However, according Kuppler, the author ...

Company Background

Brief History General Motors is one of the companies that played a pivotal role not only in the development of the US auto industry but also in building the economy of the country over the past 100 years. The company is one of the largest manufacturers of cars in the United States and in the World, operating manufacturing and assembly plant as well as distribution centers in the US, Canada, and other states. The company was founded by Willian Durant back in 1908 when he invested USD$ 2000 in incorporating the company in New Jersey. The first fortune of ...

Theft of trade secrets has emerged as one of the easier crimes for disgruntled, unethical, or unscrupulous and opportunistic employees to commit. These employees may which to harm their employer or wish to achieve some personal gain by selling or trading the trade secrets that they can obtain through the course of their trusted access to company systems. These thefts are most often committed by individuals who are looking for alternative employment for those who are looking to start their companies, all on the backs of the good work of their current and soon-to-be-former employer. These thefts can be ...

Vehicles and Auto Parts Exportation to Canada

Vehicles and Auto Parts Exportation to Canada

Introduction

The products to be exported are vehicles and auto parts. They are being exported to Canada. A large percentage of imports in Canada come from the automotive imports originating from the United States. Canada spends an estimated 19 billion dollars on importing automotive from the United States (Transport Canada, 2016). Also, three quarters of the cars being used in Canada are imported from the United States. It means that Canada has a large market for the automotives. A larger percentage of the companies in the automotive industry comprise of assembling firms. The ...

Abstract

This paper examines the case of Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency, a 5-4 Supreme Court decision that combined the substantive, environmental law question of whether the Environmental Protection Agency erred in its initial decision not to regulate greenhouse gas emissions for motor vehicles with the procedural issue of whether states, cities, and environmental organizations had legal standing (defined as the right to use the courts as opposed to Congress to force governmental action) for the environmental claims at issue in the case. This paper begins with a brief overview of the political, legal, and cultural context for assessing the ...

The global workforce of today is changing and the diversity mix is changing as well in many industries as more and more people are emerging in response to globalization. The human resource management has always been challenged with managing the diversity. These challenges have varied over time. In earlier times, the main concern was to manage the class division, but now it has shifted to managing the diverse identity groups. Along with managing these vast changes, technological and organizational changes have also been seen taking place in the Canadian labour history. The further study demonstrates the workers’ response to ...

Motivation for the Study

Many automobile manufacturers in car producing countries are taking an interest in the renewable fuels as an alternative energy source for vehicles. This is due to the challenges caused by the difference in demand and supply of conventional energy sources like fossil fuels and the environmental degradation associated with them (Liu, 2015). Renewable fuels are more efficient than the current fuels used to power vehicles and their use will significantly reduce the fuel costs incurred by consumers. Renewable energy sources cause minimal environmental pollution, and its utilization will reduce the world’s pollution levels. The use of renewable fuels ...

Part one

“Chevrolet has taken the wraps off the new Cruze hatchback, which will join the sedan in the compact’s U.S. lineup this fall” (Lorio 2016)

Steps Taken in the Development of the New Product by General Motors

T he all-new 2017 Cruze hatchback is a new car that will offer a versatile cargo space as well as a cutting edge when it comes to the technology incorporated. This vehicle will be ready for adventure in few months. General Motors have employed eight steps in the process of development of this new product. The main reason for using this development steps is to make sure that the product is successful in the ...

Introduction

General motors’ has been a leading car manufacturer globally for decades. The company was established as a mass-market car producer. Over time, the company market share dwindled with the introduction of cheaper Japanese and Korean cars. Thus, it was forced to retract its competition in the SUV cars. Other companies were able to harness the benefits of economy of scales owing to their structures. General motors’ structure was segregated and composed of twelve companies each responsible for its own production and distribution with minimum collaborations. The company crisis peaked in the year 2008 when it reported a loss of $ ...

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Brief Introduction General Motors is one of the biggest names in the automotive industry for more than 100 years. The General Motors Company (GM) is a global American automotive group headquartered in Detroit – Michigan. GM is one of the finest and largest automobile designer and manufacturer as it markets, distributes and sells vehicle parts, vehicle, and financial services across the globe. General Motors was founded by Frederic L. Smith, William C. Durant and Charles Stewart Mott in Flint, Michigan in 1908. It was founded as a holding corporation for Buick and McLaughlin Car Company of ...

Question 1

Clearly there is no doubt that the convergence of communications technologies and Internet networking frameworks have had an intense, societal and worldwide change and effect on how a Global Marketer’s, plans, budgets and implements of international marketing communication campaigns. The Global Marketer can no longer rely on just external proxies such as country specific partner companies, benefactors, or international distributors to properly represent their particular company’s brand, messaging and completely assimilate themselves as a worthy distributor not apt to incorporate into its’ own offerings – a competitive brand. The Global Marketer must now take into consideration, not just ...

Inventory Methods used by Corvette

Description of Corvette Assembly Plant Corvette is a branch of General Motors situated in Kentucky and is the main assembly plant behind manufacturing of the Chevrolet brand. General Motors began operations in the assembly plant in 1981 and major upgrades have taken place since then. With over 30 years of experience in the manufacturing industry, the assembly plant aims to raise the performance of sports cars by ensuring that the workforce available works in harmony to bring the desired quality. Focus is on the design, performance and the technological advancements exhibited by the cars assembled at the plant. The ...

Coupled with the dynamic trends in the evolution of ICT as well as the ever evolving electronic systems of controls and related technologies, companies have witnessed some kind of bloom in recent years. General Motors Company own two main Motor brands, Ford and Chevrolet. The two are the largest motor brands in the United States. Both GM and Ford are the leading and most fierce competitors in the international market segments, both locally and abroad. Toyota Motors on the other hand is among the world’s greatest and largest motor manufacturers leading in both auto sales, manufacture and design. ...

Poletown East borders Detroit, Michigan. The first immigrants into the region were Polish and hence the name. The greatest growth in Pole town was experienced during the early twentieth century. Thousands of Polish immigrants moved into the area in search of employment in the slaughterhouses and auto plants. Within no time, Poletown was home to many communities especially the minorities, including the blacks and the Italians. The government of the city of Detroit had no mercy when exercising laws and order on these minorities. The fact that they had the power to enforce the law made it feel like ...

Abstract

The Ford Motor Company is an international business organization focusing on the vehicle industry. It has large quantities of manufacturing plants all over the world. The company developed through the years due to the innovative and revolutionary ideas regarding their manufacturing assembly lines as well as their corporate management and leadership. The Ford Motor Company remains in the list of the Fortune-500 and it is considered as one of the most successful automobile companies in the world. Their main strength lies in their mix marketing strategy which depends on the market condition of every country they are distributing into. ...

GM used to be an undisputable market leader in the USA, but because of the fierce competition in the American automotive industry the company had to change its business strategy and start expanding its geographical markets in the 1990s and 2000s. According to the GM Annual Report 2014, the vehicle sales were as follows – 3,413 in Northern America, 1,256 in Europe, 4,378 in other countries, and 878 in South America (GM Annual Report 35). 65% of GM vehicles were sold abroad and that means that the company was able to replace the lost market share in ...

Impact of exchange rates on automobile sector

Management, We received your request to research the impact of the exchange rates on the automotive sector and we are writing this memo to help you understand the matter both from the point of view of literature evidence and the real scenario of how exchange rates have affected General Motors. Beginning with the literature evidence, we found a plethora of research work conducted for studying the impact of exchange rate of the automotive sector, however, one of the most recent work was conducted in 2013 as part of which researchers analyzed the impact of exchange rate volatility on the ...

Research Report: Company Case Study and Industry Analysis

Research Report: Company Case Study and Industry Analysis

Part 1- Applied Supply and Demand Analysis

1.1 Company Overview The current decrease in the overall gasoline prices has struck many great organizations, but the impact on Truck/SUV, and car sales is drastic. Many automotive manufacturers and producers have launched new manufacturing units for the alternate fuel vehicles and the decrease in prices has caused shifts in the overall demand for these hybrid and alternative fuel cars. The company chosen for the analysis is General Motors that are an American multinational corporation with headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. The company has thirteen brands including Alpheon, Buick, GMC, Chevrolet, Cadillac, ...

INDUSTRY REVIEW AND ANALYSIS

Executive Summary3

Bargaining Power of Suppliers4 Bargaining Power of Buyers 5 Threats of Substitutions5 Threat to New Entrants5 Economic Factors 7 Captains of Industry 9

References11

Executive Summary The automotive industry produces cars and trucks in the world with the giants of GM, Chrysler and General Motors and Ford being the leaders. Historically, it has been the largest and the most successful of all industries. All of the auto makers have built the most famous and classic family and luxury cars in the world. The vehicles offer affordable options for family vehicles and for first car while the luxury market ...

Ceslav Ciobanu

Saving and Investment in Closed and Open Economics Introduction Savings and investment are the foundation of long-term economic growth of any country. Investments and savings are closely related: there are no investments without savings, but not all of the savings can turn into investments. Investments are only those savings that are directly or indirectly invested in the production development for the profit in the future (Economicshelp.org, 2008). Today's understanding of the investment comes from the fact that the investment refers to only those savings that are invested in a variety of factors of production and activities in order to ...

Chapter II - Literature Review

Section I – Literature Search In this paper, the author hypothesized that one of the major causes of Ford Motors’ demise, in terms of organizational performance, is its inability to address the causes of its product recalls, which consequently led to significant financial setbacks and brand and image deterioration. The recalls of Ford previous products affected its short – term performances and damaged its image, determining prospect customers to shift their focus from Ford to other automobile brands. Nevertheless, the company continuously strives to improve its image, enhance its effectiveness and satisfy customers, through its strategic growth plan (Fleming, 2010). Committed ...

The 2015 KIA Optima Hybrid

The 2015 Kia Optima is a hybrid mid-sized sedan that has some stylish appearances, a vast array of features and an excellent trim on the cabin. The main advantages of the sedan are its wide range of features and easy to use controls. The crash test scores are also top, and the warranty is lengthy boosting consumer confidence. The car is equipped with four-wheel antilock disc brakes, traction and stability control, side and curtain airbags. The rear side has a camera, parking sensors, cross-traffic alerts and blind spot monitoring system for safety. Roadside assistance and automatic collision notification system ...

General Motors Co. was founded in September 1908 in Michigan. The company has grown to become one of the leading automobile manufacturers. It activities range from designing, manufacturing and sale of trucks, cars, and automobile spare parts. Currently, General Motors is a multinational company that operates in different continents (General Motors, 2015). Thus, its profitability is affected by the changes in global economy. For effective management, the company is divided into several segments. This research paper carries out the financial analysis of the company in the year 2012, 2013 and 2014. This analysis is done by considering different financial ...

Biographical Information and Company Founded

Mihal Lazaridis famously known as Mike Lazaridis is a Canadian entrepreneur born on March 14, 1961. He is credited for co-founding Blackberry, the company that makes the Blackberry smartphones and other wireless handheld devices. Lazaridis was born in Turkey to Greek parents. The family moved to Canada in 1966 when young Lazaridis was just five years old. In 1984, Lazaridis was awarded a contract by General Motors to develop a network computer control system after he sends his proposal. It was in this same year that he was slated to graduate. However, he dropped out of the University of ...

In recent years the American economy was able to recover from the deep financial crisis of 2007-2008. A relatively quick recovery was partly an outcome of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. It was a stimulus plan that helped to save the jobs and provided the relief programs for those who suffered the most from the crisis. For example, GM received more than $20 billion of credit money from the American government in order to stay afloat and implement the structural changes (Massad, 2011). In 2012 the American Taxpayer Relief Act was passed and helped to balance ...

One of the majorly affected industries during the global financial crisis of 2007/08 in the United States is the automobile industry. The industry that is one of the leading manufacturing industry in the country saw a major decline in the number of vehicles made and sold during this period. After the financial recession, the industry took a long period to recover to its former position. Some of the dominant companies in the sector including General Motors and Ford underwent some major restructuring of their operations which saw them lay off some of its employees and shut down some of ...

Internal Environment Analysis

Value chain Primary activities Inbound Logistics Ford utilizes the plant-centric approach that allows the suppliers to make multiple deliveries of the same parts to different plants. The storage involves input control and warehousing of all materials or different parts.

Operations

The company transforms the raw materials into finished goods while creating the most direct value in their manufacturing process. The manufacturing process is environmental conscious because it involves environmental management, sustainable mobility, efficient energy and oil consumption, and health and safety.

Outbound logistics

The company has adopted a build- to order fulfillment strategy to reduce the cost pressure from the rising stocks. ...

The success of most businesses is dependent on the type of business ethics and codes of working that they adhere to. The morals and ethics that are upheld by a company or business form a foundation that can be emulated by the employees to ensure a purposeful and productive experience. The focus of this paper is to compare the codes of ethics at Harley-Davidson and General Motors.

Following a comparative and deeper analysis of the two major automobile companies, a number of similarities and differences can be found in their codes of ethics. One common denominator for the two companies is that they ...

International business

Introduction

International business involves global businesses setting out to find new markets in other countries other than their own as a way to have competitive advantage over other businesses and gain more revenue and prosperity. Most companies have set out for this mission in an overall goal of globalization but some business gain more advantage than others (Boyd 2005, p.123). There are some reasons that lead companies to break boarders and establish their businesses in other countries. Some of these reasons include the need for expansion, reduce costs of production where in some countries business environments are conducive such ...

What are the underlying problems facing Fiat’s car division?

Fiat is an Italian company with its business once solely concentrated in Italy. After the post war period, Fiat with the help from Italian government became the number one automobile manufacturer in Italy. Fiat enjoyed that position for almost 50 years without any threat from other European players. However, decades of doing business with ease and with the help of Italian government had created operational, strategic and managerial inefficiencies within the company. For almost 5 decades even with its huge success in the Western European market, Fiat never thought of expanding beyond the region. Finally, by the time it ...

Business Process: 100 years have gone in this business of producing up to 450 million vehicles worldwide with the brand name General Motors. Also, the corporation is operating globally almost in every country on a virtual basis. However, presently GM has achieved its goal by earning revenues and sales outside US. But, a huge market for GM is the United States Market. GM is one of the biggest buyers for United States in terms of buying iron, steel, aluminum, copper, rubber, computer and electronic chips. The vision of the company is that to remain streamlined in the auto industry by providing ...

Unions in the auto industries started emerging in the mid-1930s. The unions were mainly formed due to the production speeds in the production lines as well as the health and safety concerns that arose from the production(Bardou & James, 2009). The main union formed in the auto industries is the Union for the American Auto Workers. For over 70 years, the Union for Americas Auto Workers has set the pace in advocating for proper wages and working conditions for the employees in the American Auto industry. It also provides and fights for the pensions of the retired as ...

ANALYSIS OF FORD AND GENERAL MOTORS

Introduction General Motors underwent incorporation as a Delaware corporation in 2009.The company designs builds and sells automobiles and automobile parts world over. Also, the company through GM Financial provides automotive financing services. Similarly, Ford Motor Company sells automobiles created and built by Henry Ford. The company, incorporated in Delaware in 1919, has its operations in six continents. Other than the production and sales of automobiles, it engages in the provision of financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company.

The process involves comparison of financial ratios of General Motors, Ford Company and the averages within the industry of operation. ...

Organizational Change

The organizational change describes both the process and content of organizational transformation from one point in time to another. It is the continued renewal of the organization’s strategy, structure, capabilities, relationships, culture/behavior and direction to adapt to the complex, uncertain and dynamic external and internal forces. Change is necessary in order for an organization to thrive and even survive the changing internal and external environmental factors, and as such, organizational change is inseparable from strategy. Since it is a process, it is inevitable that it will take some time, but even most importantly, that critical steps in change management ...

Introduction

General Motors, popularly known as GM, is one the largest automobile companies in the world. Founded in 1908 in Flint, Michigan, the company is currently headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. GM occupied the number one position in the automobile industry for 77 consecutive years from 1931 to 2007 ("General Motors Company and Subsidiaries" 2015). Currently, it is the 3rd largest automaker in the world. In 2009, due to operational inefficiencies, slowness in the automobile market in the USA and huge overhead costs, GM filed bankruptcy. However, it restored its operation within a year and came back to profitability within 2 years. ...

The lack of interest in General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford (Big Three) in performing on the small cars market through innovative and competitive new products led them to losing market share, registering lower sales, losing their leading spots and facing bankruptcy (Bennett, 2013). Because of their lack of competitive edge in the small cars market, the Big Three were overpassed in North America sales by the Japanese competitors (Bennett, 2013). Another causes that produced the general effect of the decreasing sales figures in all three companies on the United States territory mostly was the advancement of the financial crisis ...

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Executive Summary Tesla has put its share in the automotive market as one of the leading providers of innovative electric vehicles. This marketing plan is made in order to add electric motorcycles to the product list of Tesla. The company has the commitment to offer affordable electric vehicles to the public, and it makes the company able to move towards the advancement of the vehicles and reduction in their prices. The company has potential to compete at the level of electric and hybrid vehicles. This marketing plan includes different findings, which allow Tesla to find new target ...