| The Struggle for Control of the Modern Corporation: Organizational Change at General Motors, 1924-1970 Contributor(s): Freeland, Robert F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0511570961 ISBN-13: 9780511570964 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $140.25 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: August 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - Automobile Industry - Business & Economics | Corporate & Business History - General - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 338.762 |
| Series: Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Drawing on primary historical material, The Struggle for Control of the Modern Corporation, provides a historical overview of decision making and political struggle within one of America's largest and most important corporations. Freeland examines the changes in the General Motors organization between the years 1924 and 1970. He takes issue with the well-known argument of business historian Alfred Chandler and economist Oliver Williamson, who contend that GM's multidivisional structure emerged and survived because it was more efficient than alternative forms of organization. |
Contributor Bio(s): Freeland, Robert F.: - Robert F. Freeland is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin. He has published in the American Journal of Sociology and Business History Review, and is the recipient of the 1998 Social Science History Association's President's Book Prize for this book. |