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Aug 23, 2011 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. In 2001, general motors hired bob lutz out of retirement with a mandate to save the company by making great cars again. The battle for the soul of american business, by bob lutz. 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. 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. Jul 07, 2011 now comes an encore in the lutz on lutz genrecar guys vs. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Still, the books basic problem was alltoo familiar in the. Mixed into lutzs flow of blarney and halfbaked pontificating is one of the most acute books about management and how companies work in practice. Bean counters is a thoughtprovoking commentary from auto industry maven bob lutz. The car guys held sway, and gm dominated with bold, creative. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading car guys vs.
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