Welch : an American icon

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Welch : an American icon

Janet Lowe

John Wiley & Sons, c2001

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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A rare perspective on the personal philosophy, business savvy, and future of the chairman of the most admired company in the world Jack 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.

Table of Contents

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

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