http://melissablogs.com/2008/11/15/tigerhawk-where-is-the-steve-jobs-of-the-american-automobile-industry/ Information Pollination Wed, 23 May 2012 20:14:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://melissablogs.com/2008/11/15/tigerhawk-where-is-the-steve-jobs-of-the-american-automobile-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-11013 david foster Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:45:22 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=11457#comment-11013 I doubt if Steve Jobs would be successful running one of the big-3 auto companies. For one thing, I don't think he has any experience in a union environment, and would probably find it unbearably frustrating. For another, Mr J clearly values a sales organization that is dedicated to selling his company's products effectively...this is scarcely the situation with the auto dealership network that now exists, and in-place contracts plus state franchise laws make this very difficult to change. Finally, changing the culture of an existing organization is in many ways more difficult than building a good culture from scratch. I doubt if Steve Jobs would be successful running one of the big-3 auto companies. For one thing, I don’t think he has any experience in a union environment, and would probably find it unbearably frustrating. For another, Mr J clearly values a sales organization that is dedicated to selling his company’s products effectively…this is scarcely the situation with the auto dealership network that now exists, and in-place contracts plus state franchise laws make this very difficult to change. Finally, changing the culture of an existing organization is in many ways more difficult than building a good culture from scratch.

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