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Originally Posted by tgagneguam
Oops, the author goofed a bit. I'll fix it for him:
G.M.'s biggest problem, however, is its unwieldy bureaucracy replete with incompetent managers who couldn't manage a brand if their careers depended on it and who have zero accountability for their past failings.
It's funny, GM will be shaving divisions-since the market allegedly cannot support them-yet we will see the market welcome new [read: better managed] foreign nameplates arrive on this shore in the coming years. Many of them will somehow find success despite having lesser budgets and zero brand image in this country. Fancy that!
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Yes, yes, but their careers would suffer if we fired them! 
I've seen the same goings-on in the military and civilian sectors, where incompetent higher-ups retain incompetent middle managers because holding them accountable for their incompetence might hamper their careers.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Attributing corporate success or failure belongs squarely on the shoulders of management. Not brands, not inanimate objects, but management or lack of same.