by sallen1 » Tue Jul 25, 2000 8:21 am
Dear Qualified,
The answer to your question is pretty easy: The typical dealer looks to vehicle sales as the most important function of the business. As an employee moves up the sales ladder to ( or is hired into) the GSM position, that person becomes the most visable candidate for GM.
Sounds more political than logical but keep in mind what's on the mind of the dealer: selling cars. Besides, what's the learning curve for GM anyway?
Also, you won't see too many biz-school grads looking to the car dealership for a career. They get sucked into a larger corporate structure or persue other entreprenurial avenues. Too bad, there's lots of opportunity (read: money) in running a dealership.
scott
ps. I know of body shop managers, parts dept. mgrs, etc. that became dealer/operators and they are very sucessful.