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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Analysis General Electric: From Jack Welch to Jeffrey Immelt The need for Jeffrey Immelt to develop into a level 5 leader is imperative for GE to continue to grow and prosper in the current economic conditions of global expansion and constant change. Immelt can also benefit GE by becoming a level 5 leader by focusing on developing and empowering employee values and intrinsic motivations rather than facilitating initiatives to carry out his own vision. By Immelt developing into a level 5 leader
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Recommendations 9 References 9 Appendix A – Biographies 10 Jack Welch 10 Jeff Immelt 11 Appendix B - Stories of Success 12 Story 1 – Jack Welch and Six Sigma 12 Story 2 – Jeff Immelt‚ An Inauspicious Beginning 13 Story 3 – Obama appointed GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt as Head of New Economic team 14 1. Introduction This section would introduce some very brief biographies about Jack Welch (former CEO) and Jeffrey Robert Immelt‚ or Jeff Immelt (the current CEO) of General Electric (GE). GE‚ a dominating
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GE’s Jeff Immelt: The Voyage from MBA to CEO Jeff Immelt graduated from Harvard MBA and had been recruited to GE on 1982. Immelt greatly impressed Dennis Dammerman‚ the executive overseeing GE’s MBA recruitment. Then‚ Immelt entered on a commercial leadership track that included real work assignments in different GE businesses. After completing the training program‚ Immelt become regional sales manager for GE Plastic in Dallas and responsible for 15 direct reports. In 1987‚ Immelt was tapped
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been no doubts that Immelt has been successful in fostering innovation by challenging the usual management-discipline business model that Jack Welch had created. From my analysis‚ I would like to analyze 2 major transformations that Immelt had implemented; Heavy acquisitions and Imagination Breakthrough. Although he brought remarkable achievements to GE through the above-mentioned transformations using his innovative management style‚ there are reasons why I did not choose Immelt as my role model.
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Please provide your valuable and unbiased views to make our project analysis in more effective way 1. What is a fashion accessory to you ? A. Necessity B. Status symbol C. Style statement D. other______________(please mention) 2. Do you prefer branded accessories to unbranded accessories? A. Very Strongly B.Strongly C. neutral D. Somewhat E. Not at all 3. What products do you prefer as a fashion accessory(Rate on the basis of level of importance:
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always changing according to corporate social responsibility and that corporations should act in response to those changes. 1. I do not believe that GE in the Welch era fulfilled their duty of corporate social responsibility. They did not avoid harming the environment because they dumped toxins into the Hudson River. During the Welch era‚ GE did not make any efforts to enhance any societal assets; they only supplied the minimum of what they needed to create wealth for the company. They did not
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Introduction Jeffery R. Immelt became the Chairman of General Electric (GE) in 7th September 2011‚ replacing his famous predecessor‚ Jack Welch. The 33 year old GE veteran had acquired his MBA from Harvard Business School the same year he joined General Electric in 1982. He climbed the corporate ladder deliberately from being a senior position in the late 1980s‚ to becoming a CEO. Jeffrey Immelt is said to carry a democratic style of leadership as many other leaders have the same style‚ carried
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Analysis Project JACK WELCH By Chad Wilson Lucy Ebanja Renee Wingfield Sheng Wang Ying Zhang Instructor: Dr. Constant Beugre Content Jack Welch’s accomplishments Jack Welch joined General Electric (GE) in 1960 and became vice president (1972) and then vice chairman (1979). In 1981 he became chairman and CEO of GE; at 45‚ he was the youngest person ever to have held that position. Having taken GE with a market capitalization of about $12 billion‚ Jack Welch turned it into one of
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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 and
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