History (BUS315)

At the Blanchard family’s New Year’s Eve party, Al Blanchard talks for the first time about retiring as president of Grandview Industries. Al, 67, is standing on the back porch of his rambling Southern California home, sharing brandy and cigars with his younger brother, Morris, with whom he has worked for 27 years. “I only want to do this for one more year, Morris,” he confides. “I’ve had enough.” Then he asks, “Do you want to run the company, or should we turn it over to one of ...