identify three global companies that you think will perish? Can you identify three emerging companies that you think has the potential to become global leaders in their fields? 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. CASE STUDY: Globalization at General Electric (GE) This case explores General Electric’s quest to become the number 1 or 2 company globally in every business in which it participates. General Electric‚ the largest industrial conglomerate in America‚ produces a range of goods and services
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GE: How Much Are Auditors Paid? 1. Requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley related to nonaudit services such as the design and implementation of financial information system and internal audit affect perceptions of the auditors’ independence for two reasons. The first is because of the potential conflict between these services and the audit work which affect the independent of the auditor. Second‚ because these services increase the revenue of the accounting firm from one client‚ which can make the client
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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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you think of the broad objectives Immelt has set for GE? Can a giant global Conglomerate hope to outperform the overall market growth? Can size and diversity be made an asset rather than a liability? 3. What is your evaluation of the growth strategy (a strategy for a giant global conglomerate with a portfolio of mature industrial businesses) Immelt has articulated? Is he betting on the right things to drive growth? 4. How does this case illustrate how strategic intent needs to be matched by
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capabilities over a long-term horizon. Welch demonstrated his ability to articulate and transmit his values and vision with remarkable fervour and clarity throughout the organisation. However‚ despite its success‚ this resource-based view was perhaps too inward looking‚ the reward system too focused on short term individual performance with not much attention given to creating value for customers. Welch focused on developing GE’s cost advantage. As a result‚ GE may have missed valuable opportunities
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defined in Chapter 5 as the corporate duty 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 done better? What should it have done? I believe that Welch only fulfilled one portion of his corporate social responsibility duty. Financial results for GE show that Welch was very effective in directing a highly profitable company‚ but he did so at the expense of many of the employees of the business. Over
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more expedient processes‚ and effective operation. Welch extended his Fix‚ sell or close fromthe national level to the international level. He also saw the challenges in other countries andeconomic difficulties as opportunities for new investments and expansions. Values added alsoincluded the transforming of GE culture to a more learning‚ knowledge sharing and demandingof excellence‚ commitment and service to the goal of the organization. Welch introduction of business service contributed to two-
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INTERNATIONAL MARKETING CASE STUDY ANALYSIS CASE – TOYOTA AND GENERAL MOTORS SITUATION ANALYSIS The world’s largest car manufacturers Japan-based Toyota and and US-based General Motors [GM] have joined together in Australia to create a joint venture under a new company called United Australian Automotive Industries [UAAI]. This is hoped to see replication of same success as the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc venture between Toyota and GM in California‚ but this was not to be the case due to various
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leadership into account by comparing and contrasting two well-known leaders in General Electric (GE). The paper first introduces two leaders with some brief biographies‚ characteristics and their contribution to the GE. It then looks at who would be the more effective leader by providing with some aspects of leadership. It then comes up with some skills these people employed in their leadership to help GE growth rapidly during 1990s till now. The next part will put a conclusion and some recommendations
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General Electric Case Study Thanks to international markets‚ General Electric (GE) has created international revenues which have been contributed to growth of the company. During the 1980s and 1990s‚ GE made huge foreign investments in Europe‚ Latin‚ and Asia to expand their market. As a result‚ from 20 percent in 1985‚ the revenues from international sales increased to 40 percent in 2001. They realize that China‚ and India have been potential markets which purchase more wide-body jets than United
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