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Originally Posted by Number 3
For what it's worth, Mary Barra came up through Manufacturing, Mark Reuss, Product Development.
And most people that come up through the "business side" realize you need product and sales to make money.
And regardless of what I want to do in product development, I have to have a business case or as GM puts it ROIC. So Product and Business are intertwined.
Also when I hear "business side" I think people mean Finance. But "business side" can mean a whole bunch of roles.
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I'm referring to business management more generally than just finance. I remember when getting your MBA really became the big thing to do if you wanted to get into management. I also remember that most of the people who went that route didn't see themselves wanting to stay at a hands-on level with the product. Or even remain in the same industry.
Would you consider Ms. Barra to be cut from the same cloth as a Lee Iacocca or a Bob Lutz?
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