Spanning a fortysevenyear career with the big three and bmw, and after retiring from chrysler in 1998, he was asked back into gm, serving as vice chairman from 2001 to 2010, during which time it had filed for bankruptcy. Bean counters makes the point that gm was doing fine until in the mid 1970s the mbatrained finance guys. The battle for the soul of american business ebook textbooks. Sloans management classic, my years with general motors. The battle for the soul of american business, and talk quickly turned to his role as it related to product development and highlevel decision making at gm. He launched a war against penny pinching, office politics, turf wars, and risk avoidance. Now in his late seventies, bob lutz knows his auto industry history, and his latest book, car guys vs. Listen to unlimited audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android.
Bean counters is really supposed to be about is the ignominious descent of one of americas great corporations into chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and status as a. On sunday i happened to tune in to bob brinkers moneytalk radio show when former gm vice chairman and car guy extraordinaire, bob lutz, was on promoting his new book. Car guys versus bean counters general discussion car. A former top gm executive and avowed gearhead warns against the advance of soulless numbercrunchers clueless about the handson details of the car business. Retiring in late 2010 as vice chairman of general motors, he currently runs bob lutz communications. Reflections from lean by mark graban leanpub pdfipadkindle. With the bean counters firmly in charge, carmakers and much of american industry lost their singleminded focus on product excellence. His career in the auto industry spanned almost half a century. Lutz had a background not often found in a senior executive in an american company. All the books listed for the financial times and mckinsey business book of the year award. This content was uploaded by our users and we assume good faith they have the permission to share this book. Bean counters the battle for the soul of american business by bob lutz. Bean counters is the best book written by an auto industry insider since iacocca in 1984 and deserves to be shelved alongside alfred pl sloans management classic, my years with general motors. Bean counters the battle for the soul of american business by bob lutz available from rakuten kobo.
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