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case study on GE`s Two Decade Transformation: Jack Welch`s Leadership

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GE 's Two-Decades Transformation : Jack Welch 's Leadership

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INTRODUCTION

General Electric is a company which was founded in 1878 by Thomas Edison . The company started with generation , distribution and use of electric power . As time went by , the company diversified in different industrial areas to become among the world 's leading companies . General Electric has been involved in several businesses such as power generation household appliances and lighting as well as dealing with aircraft engines

, medical systems , and diesel locomotives

General Electric has over time been under going change in its management practices . Initially at around 1930 management at GE was highly centralized and took the form of a tightly controlled corporate structure . Later by 1950 's some changes had been introduced and delegation of authority was being done to many of departmental managers and thus giving signs of decentralization . In the period of 1960 's which was characterized by profit less growth ' and this enabled GE to fortify its corporate staffs and develop advanced strategic planning systems

General Electric has had a number of CEO 's among them being Reg Jones who became CEO in 1973 . At this time the GE had just completed a major reorganization . The organization had several group , division , and departments in its structure . There were about 43 strategic business units intended to facilitate strategic planning . This helped General Electric a great deal but later Jones was unable to handle all information generated from the various SBUS

Later on in 1981 Jack Welch became the CEO at a time when the US economy was in a recession . He beat the odds and lifted the company to great heights of success

This will first discuss the role of Jack Welch 's leade4rship in strategic planning and corporate success . Secondly , it will address the success of the company . Finally , the will give recommendations and a conclusion bearing a plan of action for the company

Issue Definition

The case being studied depicts how good leadership can result in transformation of a company from unperforming to a very viable and enviable state leadership by definition is a process through which a person influences others to achieve an objective and direct the organization in a manner that allows it to be more cohesive and coherent (Allen , K , and Cherrey , C . 2000 . It is through various attributes of leadership such as values , ethics , believes , character and knowledge that success in organization can be witnessed . Jack Welch had most of these attributes and this made him to be termed a great leader in the industrial world

The CEO created trust and confidence in top leadership and this impacted on employee satisfaction and improvement and performance Communication is key to success in the organization . Effective communication by leadership of Jack Welch proved beyond any doubt how it can contribute to the success of the organization

The issue of transformation leadership is inspirational motivation where the leader becomes a figure which...

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