- 1. General Motors Company Profile Richard Nunnally Walden
University Dr. Michael Burke Organizations, Innovations, and
ChangeEDUC 6105 April 20, 2014 GM Logo (About GM, n.d.)
2. History General Motors (GM) founded in 1908 by William Durant
(About GM, n.d.) GM revolution 1960- 1979 (About GM, n.d.) Smaller
vehicles across all GM vehicle lines Reduced emissions using
catalytic converters First to offer an air bag in a production car
The New General Motors 2009 (About GM, n.d.) Four major brands
Global growth William Durant (About GM, n.d.) 3. Company Structure
(About GM, n.d.) Board of directors Senior company executives
Current structure in place since 2009 Overlapping management
structure Current CEO Mary Barra (About GM, n.d.) 4. Culture Five
principles stated by GM (About GM, n.d.) Safety and quality first
Create lifelong customers Innovation Deliver long-term investment
value Make a positive difference GM Logo (About GM, n.d.) 5. Why
the change? 2008 recession and global credit crisis (About GM,
n.d.) Bridge loan from U.S. Treasury (About GM, n.d.) Former CEO
Daniel Akerson (About GM, n.d.) 6. The New General Motors Chevrolet
Volt first production in 2010 (About GM, n.d.) Increase in overseas
production and sales of GM vehicles (General Motors Company, 2011)
Expedite the change process (Krisher & Durbin, 2011) Chevrolet
Volt (About GM, n.d.) 7. Current GM Brands Chevrolet Buick GMC
Cadillac Baojun (China) Holden (Australia) Isuzu (Japan) Jiefang
(China) Opel (Germany) Vauxhall (England) Wuling (China) Current GM
Brands (About GM, n.d.) 8. Expansion globally GM and China
(Jackson, 2012) 120 countries (GMs annual report, 2012) Global
Expansion (About GM, n.d.) 9. Overall Effectiveness of changes
Increase in sales (General Motors Company, 2011) Reduction of debt
owed (General Motors Company, 2011) Reduction of debt chart
(General Motors Company, 2011) 10. Continue to grow Overseas
factories Factories in the U.S. Moving the international operations
headquarters (Murphy, 2013) GM Logo (About GM, n.d.) 11.
References: About GM. (n.d.). Our Company. Retrieved from
http://www.gm.com/ company/aboutGM/our_company. General Motors
Company (2011) 2011 Annual Report, Retrieved from
http://www.gm.com/ content/dam/gmcom/
COMPANY/Investors/Corporate_Governance/PDFs/StockholderInformationPDFsAnnual-
Report.pdf. General Motors Company (2012) 2012 Annual Report,
Retrieved from http://www.gm.com/ content/dam/gmcom/
COMPANY/Investors/Stockholder_Information/PDFs/2012_GM_Annual_Report.pdf
Jackson, B. (2012, June 08). Is GM Becoming China Motors?
Factcheck.org website. Retrieved from
http://www.factcheck.org/2012/06/is-gm-becoming-china-motors/. 12.
References (Cont.): Krisher, T & Durbin, D. (2011, December
16). GM CEO Dan Akerson: Our Company Has A Resistance To Change.
Huffington Post online. Retrieved From
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/17/gm-general-motors-dan-akerson_n_1155376.html
Murphy, C. (2013, November 13). GM to Move International
Headquarters to Singapore From Shanghai. The Wall Street Journal.
Retrieved from http://online.wsj.com/news/
articles/SB10001424052702303289904579195351521001492. Wade, V.
(2012, May 04). General Motors is becoming China Motors. *Video
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