A senior design engineer for a large American automobile manufacturer recently complained to one of his colleagues.
A version of this article appeared in the July 1977 issue of Harvard Business Review.
Conflicting Roles in Budgeting for Operations
A senior design engineer for a large American automobile manufacturer recently complained to one of his colleagues. “Those marketing guys want everything. They’ve decided that what they need in the next design series is ‘The All-American Car.’ They say it’s got to be large enough for a family of five (plus dog), small enough to […]
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