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

Drawing on primary historical material, The Struggle for Control of the Modern Corporation, provides a historical overview of decision making and political struggle within one of America's largest and most important corporations. Freeland examines the changes in the General Motors organization between the years 1924 and 1970. He takes issue with the well-known argument of business historian Alfred Chandler and economist Oliver Williamson, who contend that GM's multidivisional structure emerged and survived because it was more efficient than alternative forms of organization.

Author: Robert F. Freeland,Mark Granovetter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 12/28/2000
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.61lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780521630344

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2001 pg. 2001

About the Author
Freeland, Robert F.: - Robert F. Freeland is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin. He has published in the American Journal of Sociology and Business History Review, and is the recipient of the 1998 Social Science History Association's President's Book Prize for this book.

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