Corporate Strategy Analysis: General Electric Co. (1981–present) Stanislav Bucifal Australian National University July 2009 Corporate Strategy Analysis: General Electric Co. (1981–present) Stanislav Bucifal Introduction The General Electric Company (GE) is widely regarded as one of the world’s most successful corporations of the 20th century. This paper aims to critically analyse the corporate strategy of GE during the period from 1981 to present under the leadership of two very different
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I have learned many lessons from Jack Welch on leadership. Jack Welch has been with the General Electric Company (GE) since 1960. Having taken over GE with a market capitalization of about $12 billion‚ Jack Welch turned it into one of the largest and most admired companies in the world by the time he stepped down as its CEO 20 years later‚ in 2000. Jack Welch used his uncanny instincts and unique leadership strategies to run GE‚ the most complex organization in the world and increased its market
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Jack Welch‚ Effective Strategies That Transformed General Electric Jack Welch‚ Effective Strategies That Transformed General Electric In 1981‚ Jack Welch became the eight chairman and Chief Executive Officer of General Electric‚ and served until his retirement in September 2001. Under his leadership‚ Welch “increased the value of the company from $13 billion to several hundred billion” (ge.com‚ n.d.) What strategies led to the success of GE under the management of Jack Welch‚ and what does the
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Question "Winning" is written by Jack Welch and‚ whether you love him or hate him‚ the guy has real experience in running a large corporation successfully. This is unlike so many other authors who can be somewhat academic. Welch began his career with the General Electric Company in 1960‚ and in 1981 became the company ’s eighth chairman and CEO. During his tenure‚ GE ’s market capitalization increased by $400 billion‚ making it the world ’s most valuable corporation. Jack retired in 2001 and he is currently
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GE Transformation notes: Founded in 1878 Focus on Communication: Used initiatives such as training programs to increase communication Organizational Culture: Welch’s Core Idea: the only way to shift a company’s culture is to change the habitual thinking and behavior of its fast-track executives. Initiatives * Work Out * Began 1988 * Groups of 40-100 employees involved * Removing unnecessary bureaucratic work out of the system * By 1992 200‚000 GE employees
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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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Winning by Jack Welch The book Winning by Jack Welch was written in 2004. It is a straight forward book that goes into all aspects of running a business and becoming a successful leader. The author was the CEO of General Electric for over 20 years. Welch retired in 2001 and spends his time traveling around the world giving speeches‚ answering questions and giving advice about how to be able to run a successful business. After a couple of years of touring and giving advice he decided to put it
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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 assets. Under Welch’s leadership the GE Company contributed to
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rP os t TB0383 Andrew C. Inkpen General Electric’s Corporate Strategy Like the premature obituary of writer Mark Twain‚ reports of the death of the conglomerate are often exaggerated. Diversified companies‚ straddling multiple industries‚ or even just different parts of one large sector‚ remain a dominant‚ if not always fashionable‚ feature of stock markets from the U.S. to continental Europe and Asia. But a new backlash against conglomerates suggests that a more lasting shift in investor preferences
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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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