General Motor's = Quality of Life?

What kind of car do you drive?  Is it safe and reliable?  As some of you have heard, there has been a recent recall on General Motor’s vehicles such as the Chevrolet Cobalt, the Pontiac G6, Chevrolet Malibu’s, and Chevrolet HHR’s.  These vehicles have been getting recalled for since February of this year and have only increased in number since.  GM has had problems with some of their vehicles since 2003, but has neglected to say or do anything about it.  Problems have ranged from airbags not deploying, to faulty ignition switches that could turn off at any given time.  Thirteen deaths along with dozens of accidents have occurred at the hands of General Motors vehicle issues.  As of recently, it has come to light the GM was actually warned about their failing products, but neglected to do anything about it until now.  How does that sound to you?

           

This sounds like a number of things in my eyes, but the biggest thing being lack of sufficient management.  What manager in their correct state of mind would allow something like this to happen firstly and allow it to continually happen secondly?  Not only does it make the company as a whole look terrible, but because of some managers lack of care, people have lost their lives.  Many of the people that were killed were no older than sixteen or seventeen years of age.  Was the money that important?

           

It is evident someone from the top dropped the ball in a major way and GM is now paying the hefty price.  As a manager of any company, big or small, it is your duty to make sure your decisions are beneficial for the company.  It is not about you as an individual anymore, you have a company image to uphold.  Good managers look past the money and the right now aspect of the business, they look at the future aspect of it.  Not only do they think of their employees but most importantly their customers.  The customers are what matters when it comes to a business such as this.  They are the reason you are where you are as a company.  It comes a time where money is not the most important thing, but the welfare of those under you.  What kind of manager would you be?

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2014-03-31/gm-safety-agency-face-congress-over-recalls
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2014-04-01/congress-seeks-answers-on-delay-in-gm-recall