American business executive who built General Motors into the world's largest corporation by inventing the multi-divisional organizational structure — replacing Ford's centralized control with a system of semi-autonomous divisions competing in different market segments.
Developed the M-form (multidivisional) organization — separate divisions with independent management controlling each market segment, coordinated by a central financial office — the structural template that all large corporations subsequently adopted.
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