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This is a 6 page paper which discusses the current problems at General Motors and the affect of its external environment on the success or failure of GM.
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that exceeded the entire valuation in the stock market, that company would be acquired by another which would save the good parts and discard the rest (Welch et al, 2005).
However, GM is not an ordinary company. In 2005, the company has sales of $193 billion (Welch et al, 2005). GM has also become the icon
for the fading industrial might of America. Because of it tremendous size and the symbolism that the company enjoys, the fate of GM has many implications (Welch et al,
2005). It is estimated that GMs payroll puts nearly $8.7 billion a year into the pockets of its assembly workers pockets (Welch et al, 2005). Moreover, either directly or
indirectly, GM supports nearly 900,000 jobs - jobs that include everyone from auto-parts workers to advertising writers, to office-supply vendors, and care salespeople (Welch et al, 2005). It should
be noted that when GM was forced to shut down for a total of fifty-four days during a 1998 labor action, the United States economic growth rate fell a whole
percentage point that quarter (Welch et al, 2005). This is an example of the impact of GM and the fact that what is bad for GM is still bad
for the whole of America (Welch et al, 2005). GM is in terrible shape. This giant of a carmaker is carrying a $1,600 per vehicle handicap in what is
termed legacy costs, which are mostly health and pension benefits for retirees (Welch et al, 2005). GM has lost an estimated 74% of its market value, which equate to nearly
$43 billion, since the spring of 2000 (Welch et al, 2005). Many investors are concerned that GM appears to continue to lose ground in its core business of selling cars
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