Jean,
It was a Ford Family member who wanted the company to bring out a
Hybrid version of every vehicle about 6 years ago and another who gave
$45 million to CCS for design education which I think was her entire
estate.It was the Design VP Bob Lutz at GM who said that only a few
people in California care about the environment and some other
unobservant things.
Rob
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 12:26 AM, Jean Schneider <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Le 4 mars 09 à 01:00, PHD-DESIGN automatic digest system a écrit :
> Chris wrote :
>
>> "The current Ford CEO Alan Mulally
>> joined the company in 2006 from Boeing with no experience in the Auto
>> Industry.At that time Ford was in trouble but he has led a relative
>> turnaround compared to GM and Chrysler. That he came from outside the
>> industry has proved a strength.
>
>
> I'll buy that, a good manager with a fresh perspective is a great asset.
> I suspect that working at Boeing was a much better preparation than
> inventing Apple."
>
>>>> Well, well, but what can the best manager do when the trouble comes
>>>> primarily from the ownership structure :
> "the [Ford] family's shares represent just 2.97 percent of the company, but
> wield 40 percent of the voting power."
>
> Jean
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