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    Ge’s Two Decades Transformation GE’S Two-Decade Transformation 1.How difficult a challenge did Welch face in 1981? How effectively did he take charge? When Jack Welch assumed as CEO of GE in April 1981‚ he had the challenge of revitalizing the competitiveness and productive competency of the company. In 1981 the economy was in a recession and high unemployment combined with high interest rates exacerbated GE’s problems. GE needed to be restructured and this entailed the modernization and streamlining

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    Ge’s Two Decade Transformation Jack Welch’s Leadership Change Management GE’s Two Decade Transformation: Jack Welch’s Leadership Answer 1 In April 1981‚ when Jack Welch became the CEO of GE‚ US was in recession. There were high interest rates. Strong dollar resulted in country’s highest unemployment rates. In this rapid changing and uncertain environment it was extremely difficult task for him to handle a conglomerate as big as GE and ensure that general confidence among the investors is not

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    9-399-150 REV: MAY 3‚ 2005 CHRISTOPHER A. BARTLETT MEG WOZNY GE ’s Two-Decade Transformation: Jack Welch ’s Leadership On September 7‚ 2001‚ Jack Welch stepped down as CEO of General Electric. The sense of pride he felt about the company ’s performance during the previous two decades seemed justified judging by the many accolades GE was receiving. For the third consecutive year‚ it had not only been named Fortune ’s "Most Admired Company in the United States‚" but also Financial Times ’ "Most

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    Financial Times’ "Most Admired Company in the World." For his personal contribution to GE’s exceptional 20 year record‚ Welch was named Fortune’s "Manager of the Century" on the eve of his retirement. Many wondered how GE would replace such a leader. Specifically‚ many worried if any successor could keep up and/or sustain the successful‚ rapid pace of change and growth typical of the Welch era. In his two decades leading GE‚ Welch had delivered a 23% annum total shareholder return. It would be a tough

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    Jack Welch received his Master of Science and Ph.D. degree from the University of Illinois in 1960. After completing his years of education‚ Welch was hired by General Electric Corporation (GE) as a chemical engineer for the Plastics department. Promotions followed rapidly and at the age of 45‚ in April 1981‚ he became CEO of GE‚ one of the world’s leading diversified industrial companies. Even though‚ the U.S. economy was in a recession during that time and unemployment rates were very high‚ Welch

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    Case Study: GE’s TwoDecade Transformation: Jack Welch’s Leadership Case Group 3 Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to provide an analysis of GE’s revitalization efforts during the tenure of their infamous CEO Jack Welch. This detailed examination of the impact of Mr. Welch’s leadership style and the changes he implemented will be supported by our strategic recommendations aligned with our course lectures. The learning objective is to understand the evaluation of Welch’s

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    GE’s Two Decade Transformation: Jack Welsh’s Leadership Introduction GE was founded in 1878. It has grown multi folds since the time of inception. It has been named as “Most Admired Company in Us” and “Most Admired Company in the World”. It has companies in the field of electricity production‚ electric appliance‚ lighting‚ aircraft engines‚ medical system‚ and diesel locomotives. GE has 43 independent SBU (Strategic Business Unit). Despite all these variations available there was steadfast growth

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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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    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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    the next several years.   Welch used his transformational leadership skills and started to transform GE by creating competitive strategies that would help rebuild GE’s competitive power. “Welch set the standard for each business to become the #1 or #2 competitor in the industry –

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