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In the Rings of Saturn.
Title:
In the Rings of Saturn.
Author:
Sherman, Joe.
ISBN:
9780198023678
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (346 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Prologue -- Near the End of Year One -- 1. A Fast Red Coupe -- 2. Annual Meeting -- 3. The Zen of Quality -- 4. June in the Dimple of the Universe -- 5. A Peek Inside the Plant -- 6. The Charlotte Store -- The Origins of a Different Kind of Company -- 7. The Fall of Big -- 8. People First Labor Contract -- 9. Gut Feel and Car Smarts -- Coming to Tennessee -- 10. The Site Sweepstakes -- 11. Buying the Farms -- 12. A Speculation Whirlwind -- 13. The Mayor -- 14. Lost Opportunities -- The New Plant and the Newcomers -- 15. One Hundred Acres Under Roof -- 16. Changing of the Guard -- 17. Learning to Be Teams -- New World / Old World -- 18. The Chairman -- 19. The Engineer -- 20. "Talk About a Woman Who's Smart" -- 21. Prototypes -- 22. Twentysomething Sales Consultant -- Saturn Takes Off -- 23. The Crank Team A-Crew -- 24. Surviving the Cut -- 25. Feeling Cheated by Change -- 26. A Nationwide Hit -- Epilogue -- Chronology -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
An entertaining account of the rise and fall of the Saturn plant, built by General Motors in Tennessee to produce an entirely new car that would reinvent the way American companies manufactured automobiles.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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