Remembering NUMMI

For a very interesting article related to General Motors' current problems and how to solve them see:

Ranney, G. B. 2009. Remembering NUMMI. In2: In Thinking Network Insights.

For more on Toyota's system see the JIT and Japanese Management sections on MAAW.

Where were the auditors in the Madoff Ponzi scheme?

According to testimony before the Senate Banking committee Madoff's hedge fund Ponzi scheme was allowed to continue for 30 years because of limited resources, fragmented oversight and lack of coordination between regulators. Okay, so the SEC and the banking folks didn't pay attention, but where were the auditors who were supposed to verify the non existent assets?

If someone has an answer to this question, or can direct us to an answer, please comment!

What's New on MAAW?

I have recently added some management journals with links to JSTOR. Everyone gets the first page of the article and subscribers get the full text.

Administrative Science Quarterly 1956-2005 to the 3 year moving wall.
The Academy of Management Journal 1958-1985 - planned through 2005

See all featured journals.