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I have never issued an order since I have been the operating head of the corporation.

Alfred P. Sloan

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Alfred P. Sloan
Age: 90 †
Born: 1875
Born: May 23
Died: 1966
Died: February 17
Author
Entrepreneur
New Haven
Connecticut
Alfred Pritchard Sloan
Jr.
Head
Since
Order
Never
Issued
Corporation
Operating
Corporations

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Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.
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... Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute to the creative spirit. It is that spirit that creates our jobs.
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[Could] motor cars could be produced [in a country like Germany] and sold in competition in the American market . . . .In my opinion it is impossible to reach the conclusion that competition from without can ever be any factor whatsoever?
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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.
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In any organization men would move up form the bottom to the top. That develops loyalty, ambition and talent, because there is a chance for promotion.
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It is impossible to get the measure of what an individual can accomplish unless the responsibility is given him.
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The business of business is business.
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Only in more production and in new production can the American standard of living be increased and the economy be sound.
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A car for every purse and purpose.
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Advanced engineering always, like advanced everything else, brings down upon it the discredit of ridicule of minds who cannot see so far.
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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
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There is no resting place for an enterprise in a competitive economy.
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If you do it right 51 percent of the time you will end up a hero.
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Never inject a man into the top, if it can be avoided. In a big organization, to have to do that, I think, is a reflection on management, Of course there are always exceptional cases.
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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.
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If we are all in agreement on the decision - then I propose we postpone further discussion of this matter until our next meeting to give ourselves time to develop disagreement and perhaps gain some understanding of what the decision is all about.
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It is astonishing what you can do when you have a lot of energy, ambition and plenty of ignorance.
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Take my assets - but leave me my organization and in five years I'll have it all back.
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