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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AWL (GE/McKinsey approach) | 1. Describe the business portfolio and the options available to AWL. The business portfolio of AWL’s 1998 fiscal year consists of three SBUs‚ namely three new marketing textbooks‚ including Advertising and Sales Promotion Strategy‚ Analysis for Strategic Marketing and Marketing Engineering. We can also see these three textbooks in the GE Portfolio Matrix as shown in Graph 1 and Graph 2. AWL should have clear understanding of these three new textbooks in order
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The strategic planning process is the formulation of the company’s major objectives and execution plans. This process is of particular interest in GE. Strategy formulation is the process of choosing the best methods for a company where customer needs; competitive position and internal capability are the three factors that play the main role in strategic planning. Every manager needs to have at least a simple notion of strategic planning to formulate his strategic plans. Strategic Planning is a wide
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how has GE been able to create a surplus? What philosophy policies and practices have made it a “CEO factor6y” as Fortune and Economist call it? Really producing sufficient quality top executives is very difficult task for companies‚ but if we see case of General Electric‚ it was producing managers not only for own‚ GE was producing these executives in enough quantity to meet the need of industry. The philosophy adopted by GE includes some techniques‚ policies and practiceswhich enable GE to fill
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GE’s Two-decade Transformation Jack Welch’s Leadership Managing Konwledge and Learning (#9-399-150) ANALYSIS of GE Advantage‚ Problems and risks including my suggestion/ * (1) GE *Key factors*: Hardware restructure*: When Reg Jones‚ Welch’ Predecessor‚ became CEO in 1973‚ the company organization was just completed to be centralized‚ but Jones could not able to keep up with reviewing massive volume of information generated by 43 strategic plans. Finally in 1977‚ he capped GE’s departments
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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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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 (CE) using case study methodology to connect previous
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Electric (GE) Strategic Management Case Study: General Electric (GE) Analysis using Porter’s Approach By: Johnny Cantrell Part A: General Electric‚ or GE as it is better known‚ is a diversified technology‚ media‚ and financial services company. Their primary objective as stated is “focused on solving some of the world’s toughest problems”. Their slogan‚ which is “imagination at work”‚ truly says everything there is to know about the vision of the company. Inside GE they truly
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Question 1: In what ways has Jeff Immelt redirected the strategy of GE? In 2001‚ shortly after Jeff Immelt became the CEO of GE‚ a series of events changed and impacted the corporate landscape. The immediate challenges that he faced included 9/11‚ and a subsequent series of high profile corporate scandals (Enron‚ WorldCom). In 2008‚ the financial crisis hit and had a severe impact on GE’s primary growth source‚ GE Capital causing it to accumulate bad debts and asset write-downs. These events caused
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rates‚ reminiscent of those 50 years earlier during the Great Depression. Thousands of businesses were failing‚ not only affected by the national economic conditions but also due to increased competition from other countries such as Japan. At the time‚ GE was highly structured‚ with numerous management layers and several macro businesses. The company followed very orthodox practices‚ with 43 different strategic plans across numerous sectors. That all changed under Welch’s leadership‚ who implemented
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