Alfred P. Sloan vs. William Stanley Jevons
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Alfred P. Sloan
1875 – 1966
Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr. was an American business executive in the automotive industry. He was a longtime president, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of General Motors (GM). First as a senior executive and later as the head of the company, Sloan presided over the growth of General Motors into one of the largest corporations in the world. During this period, GM spearheaded the adoption of the annual model change, brand architecture, industrial engineering, automotive design (styling), and planned obsolescence within the automobile industry. Such developments forever changed lifestyles and the built environment within America and throughout the world.
"Many associate the word scientific with physics. But it means much more than that. Scientific management means a constant search for the facts, the true actuali…"
William Stanley Jevons
1835 – 1882
William Stanley Jevons was an English economist and logician.
"Jevons and the Logic 'Piano'" at The Rutherford Journal"
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