American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight To Save Ford Motor Company

By Hoffman, Bryce G.

Publishers Summary:
A riveting, behind-the-scenes account of the near collapse of the Ford Motor Company, which in 2008 was close to bankruptcy, and CEO Alan Mulally's hard-fought effort and bold plan?including his decision not to take federal bailout money?to bring Ford back from the brink.

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978-1-45263-813-3
Publisher
Tantor Audio


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Reviewed on October 15, 2012  |  Non-Fiction

Hoffman (Detroit Free Press) presents an extensive case study (2006–11) of efforts to save Ford Motor Co. Fortunately, chair and CEO Bill Ford Jr. recognized his limited skills to revitalize his family’s company and recruited Alan Mulally from Boeing as the new CEO. Arriving in Dearborn with a proven data-driven weekly mandatory business plan review, Mulally slowly transformed the corporate culture to one of genuin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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