Description
Widely recognized as one of the best-run hightech companies in the world, TRW has helped shape the major industries of today: automotive, aerospace, and information technology. In this revealing account of the firm’s pioneering role in long-range planning, large-scale project management, systems engineering, organizational development, and progressive human relations policies, TRW emerges as a resourceful and strategic player in the American industrial landscape. The compelling history of TRW’s rapid growth, broad diversification, and subsequent restructuring around core businesses provides valuable insights into the evolution of strategy, structure, and management in the modern corporate era. Davis Dyer is a director and co-founder of The Winthrop Group and the coauthor of Labors of a Modern Hercules (HBS Press).
