Jack Welch‚ the Chairman and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001‚ the most lauded CEO in the world‚ and the best CEO in America‚ built GE in to the most successful American corporation of the late twentieth century by his unique management strategies. To evaluate what Jack Welch has done and judge his achievement is not so simple‚ moreover‚ it is complicated. No one is perfect leader‚ since Chinese people regard Mao to be the most respectful leader in history even though he made some big
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new machine that costs $100‚000 and requires installation costs of $10‚000. The new machine would have a 5-year usable life and would be depreciated under MACRS using a 5-year recovery period. The firm’s projected revenues and expenses (excluding depreciation and interest)‚ if it requires the machine‚ would be as follows: Year Revenue Expenses (Excl‚ depr‚ and int.) 1 $1‚000‚000 $764‚500 2 1‚175‚000 839‚800 3 1‚130‚000 914‚900 4 1‚425‚000 989‚900 5 1‚550‚000 998‚900 The new machine
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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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to create wealth by using means that avoid harm to‚ protect‚ or enhance societal assets. Did GE in the Welch era fulfill this duty? Could it have been done better? What should it have done? Jack Welch did make GE the most valuable company in the world. He was described as “the most important and influential business leaders of the 20th Century” by some Wall Street analyst. Nevertheless‚ Jack Welch as the CEO did not fulfill the duty of social responsibility. He did not avoid harm or protect societal
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Magical Realism Paper Life as we knew it quickly evaded from us as the sirens swam around our bodies embedding their screams in our ears and as the consistent sound rang through us‚ the dread over took my body. The war that we all prepared for was here‚ the one we read in our holy books‚ the one which many people spoke about but didn’t prepare themselves for. It was looked upon as a myth‚ but for us it spiraled around fusing itself with time‚ making the war between worlds reality. Nothing that I
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‘Excavated human remains should always be reburied’. How far do you agree? The topic of human remains has been argued over for many years and has resulted in multiple changes to the laws of reburial in the past sixty years‚ but now the laws are that archaeologists can have up to 3 years to research the remains until they should be reburied unless they need to extend their research. Archaeologists have always been fighting to stop reburial to have more time to research them or display them in museums
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manufacturing space‚ and RIC currently has an option to purchase an existing building‚ at a cost of $10 million‚ which would meet this need. The building would be bought and paid for on December 31‚ 2008‚ and for depreciation purposes‚ it would fall into the MACRS 39- year class. The annual depreciation rate for the five years of economic life of the project would be: Year 1 1.3% Year 2 2.6% Year 3 2.6% Year 4 2.6% Year 5 2.6% d. The necessary equipment would be purchased and installed in late 2008
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New Economy Transport (A) p. 182The New Economy Transport Company (NETCO) was formed in 1955 to carry cargo and passengers between ports in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. By 2008 its fleet had grown to four vessels‚ including a small dry-cargo vessel‚ the Vital Spark. The Vital Spark is 25 years old and badly in need of an overhaul. Peter Handy‚ the finance director‚ has just been presented with a proposal that would require the following expenditures: Mr. Handy believes that all
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the importance of depreciation expenses. Depreciation as a concept and in practice plays a very important role in a company ’s cash flow hence in funding. The reason ’s are basically two‚ firstly because depreciation is a way of self finance for an organization and secondly because is a way of decreasing taxes that the government claims as the company doesn ’t have to pay taxes on depreciation which consequently enlarges the cash flow of the company. As a term depreciation in accounting is the
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