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Anyone who analyzes the situation realizes the timing was dictated by other events", said Asthenia B. Carter, Ford Foundation professor of science and international affairs...
DIED. FREDDIE YOUNG, 96, cinematographer; in London. His visual flair created memorable images in films by John Ford and David Lean. Young won Oscars for his work in Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago and Ryan's Daughter...
Alfred Sloan literally wrote the book on managing large organizations--My Years with General Motors. No large company is untouched by his concept of decentralized management. He came into a GM that was cash short, chaotic and nearly bankrupt--Ford had a 60% market share--and brought discipline to a sprawling company, clearly defining the issues of planning, strategy and organization. He mastered the concept of market segmentation--Chevrolets for Everyman, Cadillacs for the wealthy--to better target GM's sales and avoid internal competition, a strategy that left Ford behind. Sloan also understood what managers today call "consumer insight...
BEST-SELLING AUTO Model T Ford (1,643,295 manufactured) PRICE $660 WORK REQUIRED TO BUY IT 7 MONTHS...
...Model T 1908, by Henry Ford...