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 act to follow. The Alternatives There are several answers to the question "Where do we go from here?" GE could hire a "Superstar" CEO from outside the company
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Do you agree with the view that‚ in the years 1964-70‚ the Labour Government’s failures outweighed its successes? One of the most significant failures of the Labour government between the years 1964 and 1970 were the economic difficulties. Source 7 agrees with this very strongly as it states that they had “not got the economy right”. This could be highlighting Labour’s National Plan launched by George Brown‚ the Minister of Economic Affairs at the time‚ in 1965. The Plan aimed to stimulate industrial
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Humans need water to survive. Without water‚ the average man would die in a week‚ considering every living cell in the body needs it to continue functioning. What would one say‚ though‚ if they discovered an animal that could go decades without water? Even more‚ that they could survive nearly anywhere‚ including beyond Earth’s atmosphere? Tardigrades‚ often referred to as “water bears”‚ or even “moss piglets”‚ are intensely small creatures with a knack for survival. Belonging to the Tardigrada
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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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Online versus offline bookings The upcoming decade for travel agencies The number of travel agents has declined sharply during the last decade. According to an article of RockCheetah (www.rockcheetah.com‚ viewed on 12 May 2013) 30 per cent of all travel agents have had to close down since 2000. The reason of the major decline seem clear. The internet is infinitely popular and beholds many advantages over the rather old fashioned travel agents. The online booking of holidays is preferred by many
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same activities that were taking place almost 40 years ago like excessive drug use. Starting in the 70’s when were teenagers doing things like leaving home to go on the road and deny the rules of the government is almost the same as teenagers today who do not want to do the “norm” so in end go out and experiment with sex and drugs which is really common now but it was also common in the 70’s. Teenagers today are believed to defy authority and do almost the exact opposite of what they are expected
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Case Study: GE’s Two–Decade 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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Main household Appliances: The appliances found in houses between 20-50 years ago were a primitive version of what we have today. For example; T.V’s when they first came out were huge‚ chunky and were only in black and white. There were vinyl records that were large and required a record player to play. I think technology has stayed within the same concept‚ but has gotten smaller‚ smarter and more efficient. Size of houses: It was not uncommon to have extremely large families in only one bedroom
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The youth today - are they more impatient than a few decades ago. It has been rightly said that we spend the first half of our lives trying to understand the older generation‚ and the rest half in understanding the younger generation. Every age has its own charm. Youth has always felt somewhat exasperated with age and age has always been suspicious of youth. With their natural ebullience and impatience‚ a majority of young people are keen to act and learn on their own rather being guided by the
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uniqueness as a multiracial and cosmopolitan society‚ has put its name on the world map‚ albeit being a very small country of very short history. However‚ Singapore is experiencing‚ and will experience various challenges to come‚ especially in the next decade‚ in order to keep up with its progress as a competitive nation in terms of the quality of its manpower and its status in the world as one of the faster advancing economic hubs. As a country with limited natural resources‚ its only resource is that
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