1) What is Saturn doing differently from its competitors in terms of manufacturing?

2) Why locate in Spring Hill, TN? 3) What are the features of the UAW contract?

4) What is Saturn doing differently from its competitors in terms of management philosophy? 5) Why decentralize decision-making? How did they do it and at what cost?

5) How successful has Saturn been in achieving part 1 of its mission? Are its sources of competitive advantage sustainable?

6) What is the second part of Saturn's mission? How successful has Saturn been in achieving it? Why? What synergies are there between Saturn and GM? 7. How should the Saturn-GM relationship be structured to enable the combined firm to "transfer knowledge, technology and experience throughout General Motors"? Should GM be more aggressive in "pulling" knowledge from Saturn?

8) Why did GM decide to create a separate division to carry out Saturn's mission (see mission statement on p. 10)? Why not reorganize an existing division?