Kyle Harrison
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My Years with General Motors

Author
Alfred P. Sloan Jr.
Published
1964
Pages
472
Recommended
Once
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Why it’s on the list: Alfred P. Sloan Jr.’s own account of running General Motors from 1923 to 1956 — the decentralized divisional structure, financial controls and annual-model strategy that let GM overtake Ford.

Where I heard about it

  • On Mustafa (@oprydai)‘s X list of books “that’ll teach you building vertically integrated companies”, September 30, 2026 — sixteen covers on manufacturing, operations and industrial history. Captured on books, that’ll teach you building… (tweet).

Connections

  • books, that’ll teach you building… (tweet) — on Mustafa’s list of books for building vertically integrated companies.