Jack Welch & General Electric
And
Tata Group
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface Organizational Structure * What is organization structure * Traditional Organizational Structure * New Design Options * What major forces shape an organization’s structure
Organizational Change * What causes change * Approaches to manage change * Resistance to change * Contemporary change issues for today’s managers
About the Tata Group * Leadership with trust * Governance * Excellence * Promoter Holding Companies * Management * Heritage * Tata Consultancy Services
Survey
Conclusion
Bibliography
PREFACE
GENERAL ELECTRIC & JACK WELCH
About GE
A General Electric company or GE is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. The company operates through four segments:
A. Energy
B. Technology Infrastructure,
C. Capital Finance
D. Consumer & Industrial.
Jeffrey Immelt is the current chairman of the board and chief executive officer of GE. He was selected by GE 's Board of Directors in 2000 to replace John Francis Welch Jr. (Jack Welch) following his retirement. Previously, Immelt had headed GE 's Medical Systems division (now GE Healthcare) as its President and CEO.
General Electric is a large diversified industrial and financial company, whose major product lines include :
i. Appliances ii. Lighting products iii. Aircraft engines iv. Plastics
v. Power systems vi. Medical imaging vii. Broadcasting viii. Financial services
General Electric was incorporated in 1892 as a combination of three existing companies, one of them founded and run by the inventor Thomas Edison. It was an original member of the Dow – in fact, the only one still in existence.
Case Study Presented For Analysis – GE and Jack Welch
Case
Bibliography: Market Shares in Selected Businesses (a) Global market shares for aircraft engines (total served, 2000)