- Hardcover: 237 pages
- Publisher: Smithmark Pub (December 1979)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0960356207
- ISBN-13: 978-0960356201
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14.2 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 431 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #262,394 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Deal,
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This review is from: On a Clear Day You Can See General Motors: John Z. De Lorean's Look Inside the Automotive Giant (Hardcover)
My Father wanted this book, it was approx, 120.00 new, I got a great deal on it and he was very pleased.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: On a Clear Day You Can See General Motors: John Z. De Lorean's Look Inside the Automotive Giant (Hardcover)
I read this book decades ago. My father had a copy, and had told me some of the stories regarding GM. The book is not very well written, but the message is a good one. GM had become a massive bureaucracy. The entire management is focused on how to please other managers. No one cares about product development or how the plant is running. It`s all about making a good impression with the boss. There is one story where a guy rents a crane so he can get a fridge put into a superior`s hotel room. The fridge would not fit through the hotel door. The word was out that this guy enjoyed having some fresh fruit and cold beer before he went to bed. They made sure the fridge was full of fresh fruit and cold beer.Later when Ross Perot went public with his complaints regarding General Motors, you have no problems believing his story. Ross Perot`s comments regarding the bureaucracy of GM, is the same story that Delorean makes in this book. This book is a great fit with Alfred Sloan`s book on GM. You can see how things started off, and changed over the decades.
2.0 out of 5 stars
poor writing, excellent topic,
By "scarebird" (Lynnwood, Washington United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: On a Clear Day You Can See General Motors: John Z. De Lorean's Look Inside the Automotive Giant (Hardcover)
This book had as much rythym as a train switchyard run by an epileptic. John DeLorean is cast as the ignored messiah, one who's reputation for rocking the boat is only countered by the results he achieved. Simple technical errors abound, leading one to wonder what other facts where not true. What is true is the basic premise: GM had the world by the ass, and thru arrogance and sheer inertia is suffocating under it's own weight. It is grim to read this, written in the mid 70's realising that half-wit Roger Smith was just around the corner...
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