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RIGHT TRACK OR BUM STEER? Back to the Drawing Board—Can a New Company Culture Save General Motors? By Jeremy Smerd General Motors is betting that a new company culture—one emphasizing risk-taking and independent decision-making—can help reverse its fortunes. But the carmaker has been down the culture-change road many times before.
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