rarely has a chief executive of an american corporation been as respected and as revered as alfred p" alfred p. sloan Jr. was at general motors during his long tenure at the top - from 1920 unill 1955 .
Many GM managers, especially those who grew up in the twenties and thir ties, felt a deeppersonal gratitude to him for his quiet but declsive acts of kindness , of help , of advice, or just of warm sympathy when they were in trouble.