HBR - GE ’s Two-Decade Transformation: Jack Welch ’s Leadership Dawn Davis California Baptist University Professor Putulowski 18 October 2014 Summary of Backgrounds and Facts Jack Welch introduced transformational leadership at General Electric (GE) with the aim of stretching the organization towards achieving global objectives. Welch took the helm of the organization in 1981‚ at a time when the US economy was overwhelmed by recession. In addition‚ his predecessor‚ Jones‚ had introduced a highly
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Question #1 How difficult a challenge did Welch face in 1981? How effectively did he take charge? When Jack Welch took over as CEO of GE in April 1981‚ the world was in a recession. GE needed to be restructured‚ and this involved restructuring‚ reduction of its payroll and modernization. Jack Welch adopted a strategy of “Fix‚ Sell or Close”. This strategy enabled GE to exit unprofitable businesses and restructure loss-making businesses into profitable businesses. Jack Welch’s management
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When Jack Welch was named CEO of General Electric‚ Welch saw a company in trouble even though the business world saw GE as an intrinsically healthy corporation‚ secure in its position as a world industrial leader. Welch knew that the company was too large to fail yet GE was too unwieldy to adapt for further growth. The changes he instituted restructured and revolutionized GE and made Welch the most respected CEO in business today. After reading the book there were three parts that really stood
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In the case‚ “The Jack Welch Era at General Electric”‚ indicate that during the period of Jack Welch was a CEO at General Electric from 1981 to 2001‚ the company became remarkable profit. Earnings per share rose from $.46 in 1981 to $1.07 in 2001. GE is a company which has a very long history‚ and Jack Welch was the first working-class person that finally became the famous manager in GE history. He changed and built lots of rules to fulfill his ambition to make the company more wealthy such as eliminated
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GE’s Case analysis Jack Welch 1. He has adopted 3 D’s (Downsizing‚ destaffing and delayering). He has made hierarchical changes across the organization by reducing hierarchy level from 9 to 4. 2. Fix‚ Sell or close the business in which GE is not either No.1 or No.2. Between 1981 to 1990 they had sold more than 200 businesses which has accounted for 25% of 1980 sales. 3. Restructuring the organization - Jack Welch stated the above objective into a 3 circle concept. Business were categorized
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The Jack Welch Era at General Electric Abstract John Francis “Jack” Welch Jr. was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of General Electric Company between 1981 and 2001. He was responsible for building a tremendous reputation for his company and the leadership that helped him achieve that. With combination of ruthless focus and contradictory commitment to staff involvement‚ Welsh delivered the growth figures that
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GE Transformation notes: Founded in 1878 Focus on Communication: Used initiatives such as training programs to increase communication Organizational Culture: Welch’s Core Idea: the only way to shift a company’s culture is to change the habitual thinking and behavior of its fast-track executives. Initiatives * Work Out * Began 1988 * Groups of 40-100 employees involved * Removing unnecessary bureaucratic work out of the system * By 1992 200‚000 GE employees
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Gewirth justifies the existence of human rights in his “Duties to Fulfill the Human Rights of the Poor” by claiming that human action is the grounding to possessing rights. Essentially‚ Gewirth explains that what makes one human is the ability of “action.” And therefore‚ in order to “act” one must have certain essential rights—rights of well-being and freedom (Gewirth 222). Gewirth then attempts to claim that the humans themselves have a duty to make sure other humans are entitled to the same rights
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“The GE (General Electric) Way” Submitted By: Ritual‚ Bonn Karlo M. Submitted To: Engr. Keneth B. Sedilla Jack Welch‚ the CEO of General Electric from 1981 to 2001‚ was regarded by many as one of the best managers in recent business history. Do some research to identify the characteristics and behaviors that made Welch so admired. Can you see drawbacks to his management style? I. Jack Welch Jack Welch was born on November 19‚ 1935 in Peabody‚ Massachusetts. His father‚ John Welch‚ was a
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1 How difficult a challenge did Welch face in 1981. How effectively did he take charge? Welch encountered a very difficult situation in 1981; the economy was in a recession‚ almost one of the worst recessions any organization has witnessed since the Great Depression of 1929. The strong dollar was losing value and the unemployment rate was at an all time high. Interest rates were consistently on the incline during the time Welch took over as CEO of GE. Jack Welch was both a transformational
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