View Single Post
Old 08-06-2010, 12:07 PM   #59
DGthe3
Moderator.ca
 
DGthe3's Avatar
 
Drives: 05 Grand Am GT
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Niagara, Canada
Posts: 25,366
Send a message via MSN to DGthe3
Quote:
Originally Posted by 1bad65 View Post
I think when the President hand-picks the CEO, the Government is in fact running the company.
When I think of 'running a company' I think of actually running it. Things like deciding what to build, where to build it, how much to sell it for, what to research, what their goals should be for 10 years from now ... all that sort of stuff.
Quote:
Originally Posted by 1bad65 View Post
And GM's current CEO, Ed Whitacre, said this when he was chosen as CEO: "“I don’t know anything about cars. A business is a business, and I think I can learn about cars.”
And Mulally was some sort of expert on the auto industry?
__________________
Note, if I've gotten any facts wrong in the above, just ignore any points I made with them
__________________
Originally Posted by FbodFather
My sister's dentist's brother's cousin's housekeeper's dog-breeder's nephew sells coffee filters to the company that provides coffee to General Motors......
........and HE WOULD KNOW!!!!
__________________

Camaro Fest sub-forum
DGthe3 is offline   Reply With Quote