The Struggle for Control of the Modern Corporation : Organizational Change at General Motors, 1924–1970 (Hardcover)

1. The modern corporation and the problem of order; 2. Creating corporate order: conflicting versions of decentralization at GM, 1921?33; 3. Administrative centralization of the M-Form, 1934?41; 4. Participative decentralization redefined: mobilizing for war production, 1941?5; 5. The split between finance and operations: postwar problems and organization structure, 1945?8; 6. Consent as an organization weapon: coalition politics and the destruction of cooperation, 1948?58; 7. Consent destroyed: the decline and fall of General Motors, 1958?80; 8. Conclusion.