death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
3 november 1988 wisconsin , united states 23 september 1913 george kenning
 george kenning manager and consultant
george kenning

george kenning -lrb- september 23 , 1913 - november 3 , 1988 -rrb- was an american manager and consultant .
he began his career at general motors ' -lrb- gm -rrb- plant in janesville , wisconsin .
in 1950 , kenning moved to antwerp where he was part of a team of managers overseeing the reconstruction of gm 's plant there .
in 1955 he was invited to norway for a six-month assignment , but continued to work as business consultant in norway for the next 30 years .
his work was particularly influential in aker thus giving rise to the so-called `` aker school of leadership '' in norway .
kenning received the knight , first class order of st. olav for his work in norway .
