Welch Jack General Electric
Managerial Leadership: Jack Welch, General Electric
Jack Welch became CEO of General Electric at the beginning of the 1980’s. Prior to this Jack was the youngest Vice President in 1972, and was named Vice Chairman in 1979. As Successful as GE has been, Jack did not inherit the company without adversity. However, (Byrne, 1998) he “has transformed what was an old-line American industrial giant into a keenly competitive global growth engine” (par 14). Through much reorganization, he has overcome …
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…GE, and apply it to their own business.
References
Byrne, John A. (1998, June 8) How Jack Welch Runs GE A Close-up Look at How American’s #1 Manager Runs GE. Business Week. Retrieved December 4, 2001 from the World Wide Web: http://www.ge.com/ news/welch/articles/bw0698.htm
Welch, John F. Jr. (1997) Key Annual Meeting Speech The Press Room Special Edition. Retrieved December 4, 2001 from the World Wide Web: http:// www.ge.com/news/welch/speeches/sigma.htm
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