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    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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    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 adopted

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    Leadership Talents of Jack Welch Submitted by: Leadership Talents of Jack Welch Jack Welch was a successful Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of General Electric Co. (GE) for twenty years (1981 – 2001). He was admired and feared for the “new vision” that was implemented at GE. Jacks talented strategies were based on how he saw the hierarchy layers of management‚ how he analyzed the 42 strategic business units‚ and how he implemented the culture of GE to have the feel and the passion that he

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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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    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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    GE’S Two-Decade Transformation: Jack Welch’s Leadership Jack Welch finally seemed happy at General Electric’s Annual Meeting in March 1999. Their operating margins were at an all-time high at 16.7% and their revenue exceeded $100 billion. The Financial Times named General Electric two years in a row the "Most Respected Company in the World." For any company this is a huge accomplishment and a great recognition. The Fortune poll voted them the country’s "Most Admired Company." The shareholders

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    surely Welch has proved himself a master painter." - Business Week‚ May 28‚ 1998. "The two greatest corporate leaders of this century are Alfred Sloan of General Motors and jack Welch of GE. And Welch would be the greater of the two because he set a new‚ contemporary paradigm for the corporation that is the model of the 21st Century." - Noel Tichy‚ Professor of Management‚ University of Michigan‚ and a longtime GE observer. Introduction |On September 6‚ 2001‚ John Francis Welch Jr. (Jack Welch)

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    Introduction In 1981‚ 45-year-old Jack Welch became the eighth and youngest CEO in General Electric’s history. During his 20 years at the helm‚ Welch transformed the company from an aging industrial manufacturer into one of the world’s most competitive organisations‚ by building more shareholder wealth than any corporate chief in history. Time and again he reinvented the company‚ and time and again‚ his employees went along with it (Krames‚ 2002). The paradigm of transformational leadership

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    Effective Strategic Leadership. Assessment of Jack Welch as a strategic leader (max 10) Responsibility | Assessment | Task | Assessment | Outcome | Assessment | Establish firm economically | 8 | Determine and communicate strategic direction | 10 | Competitive advantage | 10 | Acquire‚ develop and manage resources | 10 | Oversee formulation and implementation of strategies | 10 | Greater value creation | 10 | Establish and manage stakeholders | 8 | Establish balanced control | 7.5 | Higher

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    Jack Welch – Leadership in the 21st century (extract from “Winning Leadership - a guide to Whitepaper available from www.davidparmenter.com ) the top”. By David Parmenter Where do you start to analyse the leadership traits of Jack Welch. The CEO who took General Electric (GE) from being worth $10billion to $500 billion... He has been successful on many levels‚ as a master of maintaining profitability‚ as a nurturer of talent as well as a writer and speaker. Forbes magazine crowned

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