GE’s Two Decade Transformation : Jack Welch’s Leadership Executive Summary The case examines the transformation of GE under the charismatic leadership of Jack Welch‚ from the time when GE was a small player to its status of the ‘Most Admired Company’ and the ‘Most Respected Company’ by late 1990s. We have done a detailed study of the impact Jack Welch has had as CEO over the past twenty years and reveals a leadership style that is the driving force behind a successful transition from a corporate
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GE Among the Top 10 industrial corporation 1980 Jack Welsch CEO Simplified and decentralized corporate structure 54 business corporation reduced to 13 Layers of management and corporate planning department were eliminated Autonomous divisions New driver: empowerment and customer focus Work-Out program Non-US operations Integrated organizational model Direct-connect (detail) Local managers responsible only for unique local issues Looking for opportunities to leverage local strengths
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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 technique
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2010 EABR & ETLC Conference Proceedings Dublin‚ Ireland Corporate Entrepreneurship at GE and Intel John Zimmerman‚ Zayed University‚ U.A.E Abstract This is the first of three planned articles concerning Corporate Entrepreneurship (CE). The author is a former entrepreneur practitioner who secured an earned doctorate from Pepperdine University in 2008‚ and who now teaches at Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates. In this article the author explores the concept of Corporate Entrepreneurship
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Case Analysis Healthymagination at GE Healthcare Systems Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary The key issue facing GEHS today is that despite high potential growth in both the developed and developing markets traditional B2B marketing lines are slow; the buyers control the power and the end consumer (patients) sees GEHS and its competitors as “faceless” corporations and their countries health care services as lacking. End users
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The GE Energy Management Initiative (A) By taking the position as Raj Bhatt‚ Business Development manager of GE Canada‚ I am comfortable and confident that energy efficiency is an attractive industry and business opportunity. What makes Raj Bhatt believe that the Energy Efficiency projects will be successful in Canada is that the project helps not only the ESCo‚ which conducts the performance-based contracting‚ but also the customers‚ who are more aware of the benefits of Energy Efficiency project
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Globalization and General Electric (GE) 1. GE has invested so aggressively in foreign expansion because of the potential development that is possible. The United States is a prominent developed country‚ while other countries are still developing. This gives GE the possibility to expand their business by giving the country new products and opportunities to develop their economy. GE takes advantage of the economic uncertainty of foreign countries to move into the country at a lower cost. For example
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GE Analysis a) Political As a multinational company‚ General Electric has to deal with political systems of different nations. In spite of some of the countries presenting favorable environment for business survival and growth‚ others present difficult conditions. Tax systems and regulations also differ across countries and so does the level of government intervention in business activity. For example‚ in United States‚ the Internal Revenue Authority requires companies to submit tax returns annually
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Case 1: GE’s Two Decade Transformation: Jack Welch’s Leadership-HBS # 9-399-150 1. How difficult a challenge did Welch face in 1981? How effectively did he take charge? Jack Welch became the CEO of GE back in April of 1981 when the economy was in a recession. He faced the highest unemployment rate during that time due to the high interest rates during the depression. Several other challenges came along with this position from the increase in competition and also being overshadowed by a longtime
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