General Motors: Life Inside The Factory: One Blue-Collar Worker's Journey
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (953 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1456716727 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Four Stars Love the inside scoop. WTS said Good Story but sort of got lost at times chasing rabbits.. The premise of this book was the authors story of rising from factory worker to management. The story does a good job of illustrating the distrust between management and the hourly employees. It also is a great documentary on how hard it is to go from factory worker to management. What interrupted things a bit were the authors detours away from the story interjecting memories of events in his life that occurred away from the story. Some . "Remembering life at General Motors" according to Timothy F. Habermehl. Having been a "shop rat" at a Flint, Michigan area stamping plant, I can say that author Gall has done a good job describing his journey of eleven years as an hourly worker for General Motors. I found it interesting how his stories reflected some of my own experiences, like the fear of getting lost in these huge factories on your first day of work. The author did a good job of sharing his story of success through perseverance and hard wo
If you're an executive leader, manager or a student of lean you'll want to read this book to see how not to do it. They will find themselves reminiscing in the past about their own work experiences. They never even considered that with four hundred thousand hourly employees they might have had the resources right in front of them to help in solving the vast and complex problems that exist in the every day world of work. Anyone who has ever worked hourly for General Motors, the big three, or any large manufacturing company will enjoy the experiences provided in this book. In today's competitive manufacturing environment Lean Manufacturing has stepped into the forefront for improvement. They looked down upon the factory workers and treated them