Alfred P. Sloan
Alfred P. Sloan
Alfred Pritchard Sloan, Jr.was an American business executive in the automotive industry. He was a long-time President, chairman and CEO of General Motors Corporation. Sloan, first as a senior executive and later as the head of the organization, helped GM grow from the 1920s through the 1950s, decades when concepts such as the annual model change, brand architecture, industrial design, automotive design, and planned obsolescence transformed the industry, and when the industry changed lifestyles and the built environment in America...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth23 May 1875
CountryUnited States of America
Advanced engineering always, like advanced everything else, brings down upon it the discredit of ridicule of minds who cannot see so far.
The final act of business judgment is intuitive.
Competition is the final price determinant and competitive prices may result in profits which force you to accept a rate of return less than you hoped for, or for that matter to accept temporary losses
Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.
It is impossible to get the measure of what an individual can accomplish unless the responsibility is given him.
The late Alfred P. Sloan, Ir., long-time executive of General Motors Corporation, had a fivepoint "secret of success." It was: 1. Get the facts. 2. Recognize the equities of all concerned. 3. Realize the necessity of doing a better job every day. 4. Keep an open mind. 5. Work hard.
It is astonishing what you can do when you have a lot of energy, ambition and plenty of ignorance.
Some have an idea that the reason we in this country discard things so readily is because we have so much. The facts are exactly opposite-the reason we have so much is simply because we discard things so readily. We replace the old in return for something that will serve us better.
A car for every purse and purpose.
Take my assets - but leave me my organization and in five years I'll have it all back.
The greatest real thrill that life offers is to create, to construct, to develop something useful. Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute to the creative spirit. It is that spirit that creates our jobs
There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different.