Abdullahi Miriam 0917517 PO3034 The EU and the Global Economy PORTER DIAMOND THEORY Case study: German car industry Date of submission: 16 November 2009 The luxury cars industry is one of the most prestigious mass-production industries in Germany. The country is recognised by many as the native land of
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Introduction The success story of Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) is becoming a world famous school example for every business owner that wants to grow its company to a global level‚ take it through difficult times and make it number one in the world. Toyota which was founded as a public company in 1937 entered in 1957 the US market for the first time. At that time it seemed almost impossible for Toyota to compete with the world leading car manufacturer General Motors and the number one importer Volkswagen
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The Effects of Globalization on Labor Relations in the Auto Industry in the 80s and 90s Over the last several decades Labor relations within the United Auto Workers (UAW) and the automakers they are attached to have been a roller coaster ride. In the 1960’s and 1970’s the Union made substantial gains for its members in all aspects of bargaining. Wages were increased at levels unheard of today and they made huge improvements on health care and other fringe benefits. Membership was steadily
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Discussion Questions 1. What does the Chevy Volt case tell you about the nature of strategic decision-making at a large complex organization like GM? The Chevy Volt case indicates that strategic decision making at a large company like General Motors often does not take time to consider all the angles or facts that may influence the decision. In a large corporation‚ many different sets of information are held by different departments. Perhaps some information from the engineering department
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DeLorean Motor Company Examining a Business Failure Michael Smith Organizational Leadership 531 September 5‚ 2011 Examining a Business Failure Stainless Steel. Sleek. Gull-wing doors. Back to the Future. The DMC-12 is one of the most recognizable cars in history. John DeLorean‚ a former engineer and executive for General Motors‚ founded the DeLorean Motor Company in October of 1975 (Woron‚ 1982). DeLorean gained popularity for designing the Pontiac GTO and the Pontiac Firebird
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originally brought to light Toyota claimed that “faulty floor mat placement” was to blame and that the gas pedal would get stuck behind the floor mats which would cause the inability to slow down or stop. According to Bob Carter‚ general manager of the Toyota-brand division of Toyota Motor Sales USA “ The risk of the accelerator getting jammed is strictly a problem of unintended loose or ill fitting floor mats ( Niedermeyer)”. “Toyota refuted speculation in the press that other defects might be causing its
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Toyota This is a Toyota Motor Corporation SWOT analysis for 2013. Company background Name Toyota Motor Corporation Industries served Automotive Geographic areas served Worldwide Headquarters Japan Current CEO Akio Toyoda Revenue ¥18.583 trillion (2012) Profit ¥283.55 billion (2012) Employees 300‚747 (2012) Main Competitors Bayerische Motoren Werke AG‚ Chrysler Group LLC‚ Daimler AG‚ Ford Motor Co.‚ General Motors Company‚ Honda Motor Company‚ Nissan Motor‚ Tata Motors‚ Ltd.‚ Volkswagen AG
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General Motors (GM) currently has approximately 90% of its information technology services outsourced‚ which include running data centers and writing applications. CIO Randy Mott‚ who joined GM in February 2012‚ wants to insource 90% of the company’s IT operations within the next three years. “GM has relied heavily on outsourcers to run its global IT. In 2006‚ for instance‚ the company announced it had signed outsourcing contracts valued at around $7 billion” (Thibodeau‚ 2012‚ para. six). According
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Planning for the Chevy Volt Case General Motors is a company in deep trouble. As car sales in North America collapsed in 2008‚ GM‚ which had already lost money in 2007‚ plunged deeply into the red. With losses estimated at $14 billion‚ the company was forced to go cap in hand to the government to beg for public finds to help it stave off bankruptcy. Fearing the economic consequences of a collapse of GM‚ the government agreed to loan funds to GM‚ but it insisted that the company have a clear
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there pitching their ideas as the best. It is up to the business leaders to find a technique that will best suite their needs as an organization‚ a technique that will give them the results they are looking for‚ this is the case with General Motors. General Motors is made up of four different auto makers (Buick‚ GM‚ Pontiac and Chevrolet) and each one runs independently from the others. GM decided that having four independently ran divisions‚ which competed against one another was more costly than
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