Welch

An American Icon

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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Beskrivning

A rare perspective on the personal philosophy, business savvy, and future of the chairman of the most admired company in the worldJack Welch, chairman of General Electric, is due to retire this spring. Welch has transported GE into the new economy with his management style, his forward-thinking approach to new technology, and by encouraging creativity among his employees. This book provides a look at what the innovative powerhouse executive has brought to American business and what will ultimately be his legacy. Thorough, authoritative, and absorbing, Welch: An American Icon includes interviews with CEOs at other leading companies who have worked under Welch and been trained by him, as well as interviews with other GE executives.Janet Lowe (Del Mar, CA) is an investment writer and author who has written sixteen business and biographical works, including the recent Damn Right!: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire-Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger (0-471-24473-2). Ms. Lowe is past editor of the San Diego Daily Transcript and Financial Editor of the San Diego Tribune. More than 200 of her business articles have appeared in such publications as Newsweek, the Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2002-09-24
Mått:141 x 222 x 21 mm
Vikt:408 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN:9780471255222

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JANET LOWE is the bestselling author of several business books including Damn Right!: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger (Wiley) and Value Investing Made Easy. Formerly the financial editor of the San Diego Tribune, she has written more than 200 business articles for such publications as Newsweek, the Christian Science Monitor, and the Los Angeles Times.

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“Readable insights into one of the most admired, and exposed, corporate leaders of recent decades.” (Long Range Planning, June 2004)

Innehållsförteckning

Preface 7Acknowledgements 11Part I The Jack Welch Legacy 13Chapter One The House of Magic: How Welch Became an American Icon 27Chapter Two The Gospel of Good Management 49Part II General Electric Then and Now 69Chapter Three The Companies General Electric Dumped 81Chapter Four The Companies General Electric Acquired 93Chapter Five Building from Within 113Chapter Six The Globalization of General electric 129Chapter Seven Wired Welch 147Chapter Eight The Dark Side of the Legacy 167Part II The Future 189Chapter Nine The Meta-Corporation: General Electric after Welch 201Chapter Ten Welch after General Electric 223Chapter Eleven Welch’s Place in History 235Appendixes 245Appendix A General Electric and Jack Welch: The Chronology 247Appendix B GE Values 255Appendix C The CERES Principles 257Appendix D General Electric Businesses 261Appendix E General Electric-Nineteen-Year Performance Figures: 1980-1999 275Notes 277Index 297