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Pioneering Technology and Innovation Since 1900
Davis Dyer
ISBN: 9780875846064
Publisher:Harvard Business School Publishing
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TRW has helped shape the major industries of today: automotive, aerospace, and information systems. In the first comprehensive history of this organization …
Widely recognized as one of the best run high-tech companies in the world, TRW has helped shape the major industries of today: automotive, aerospace, and information technology. In this revealing account of the firm's pioneering role in long-range planning, large-scale project management, systems engineering, organizational development, and progressive human relations policies, TRW emerges as a resourceful and well-positioned player in the American industrial landscape. The history of TRW's rapid growth, broad diversification, and subsequent restructuring around core businesses provides valuable insights into the evolution of the strategy, structure, and management in the modern corporate era.
| ISBN | 0875846068 | | Pages | 576 | | ISBN13 | 9780875846064
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 000 | | Publisher | Harvard Business School Publishing | | Weight (grammes) | 1440 | | Imprint | Harvard Business School Press | | Published in | Boston | | Publication date | 01 Jun 1998 | | Height (mm) | 264 | | Library of Congress | HD9680.U54 | | Width (mm) | 188 | | DEWEY | 338.766 | | Spine width (mm) | 38 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | General |
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| | | Preface | | | | Ch. 1 | | House of Technology | | 1 | | Pt. 1 | | Supplier, 1900-1938 | | 11 | | Ch. 2 | | Cap Screws, Poppet Valves, and a Cast of Characters, 1900-1916 | | 17 | | Ch. 3 | | Peaks and Valleys, 1916-1933 | | 35 | | Ch. 4 | | Fred Crawford's Company, 1933-1938 | | 65 | | Pt. 2 | | Supplier and Contractor, 1939-1965 | | 91 | | Ch. 5 | | Transformation, 1939-1945 | | 99 | | Ch. 6 | | Taking the Next Step, 1945-1953 | | 135 | | Ch. 7 | | Rocket Science, 1953-1957 | | 167 | | Ch. 8 | | The Making of a Merger, 1953-1958 | | 195 | | Ch. 9 | | From Two Companies to One, 1958-1965 | | 225 | | Pt. 3 | | Diversified Corporation, 1965-1996 | | 251 | | Ch. 10 | | A New Kind of Corporation, 1965-1969 | | 259 | | Ch. 11 | | Testing Time, 1970-1974 | | 295 | | Ch. 12 | | New Directions, 1975-1979 | | 321 | | Ch. 13 | | From Policy to Strategy, 1980-1985 | | 341 | | Ch. 14 | | Refocus and Renewal, 1986-1996 | | 359 | | Ch. 15 | | Epilogue: The Next Era | | 379 | | App | | TRW Inc. - Principal Acquisitions and Mergers, Joint Ventures, and Divestitures, 1959-1996 | | 387 | | | | Note on Sources | | 401 | | | | Notes | | 407 | | | | Index | | 479 | | | | About the Author | | 503 |
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