Briefly and professionally describe the atmosphere at the GM plant pre-NUMMI venture.

Briefly and professionally describe the atmosphere at the GM plant pre-NUMMI venture. From an organizational culture and organizational design perspective, why did this atmosphere exist? (5 points)

What are the key changes that resulted in the change in production and decreases in defects at NUMMI? Consider motivation, organizational culture and specific organizational design changes. Give examples. (5 Points)

Moving to the second half, why was GM not able to replicate the success? Consider the organizational culture and organizational design of the larger GM culture in general. Support your argument with examples. If you were presenting a brief and quick recommendation to the CEO, what are your suggestions? Consider this a quick elevator pitch (i.e., if you had to describe the key issues in a 2 min elevator conversation, what would you say?) (15 points)

At least 800 words.

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/561/nummi-2015