Business Case Study Reflection

Did GE in the Welch era fulfill its social responsibility duty? Could it have done better? What should it have done?

The role of the supervisor has never been simplified enough to be clear as to what the responsibilities of the role is. In fact, supervision tends to be a challenging word in the education field and can be accepted by various leaders of a school. Supervisors can simply be supervisors or they can be administrators who are involved in the role of hiring and evaluating their staff. One could even go as far as the master teacher who observes other educators that ensures they are utilizing proper skills and techniques. Supervisors come from various angles, so it comes to no surprise that a supervisor is expected to wear many hats.

In 2001, the Multinational Monitor released over 40 documented grievances against GE, just before CEO Jack Welch’s Retirement (The Case Against GE). Some of these grievances date back to things GE had done since the 1940s, including nuclear testing on people in the United States. However, some are as

I would expect a supervisor to have good communication skills and strong leadership ability and to have knowledge of the profession. I would expect them to be able to offer constructive criticism and to be loyal to the employer.

CASE STUDY: Read Part One of the text: Chapters 1-4. Write a description of a problematic situation or incident that you have witnessed or experienced in your workplace. The situation or incident should focus on a human resource management issue. In detailing the incident, begin with an overview of the circumstances surrounding the initial development of the problem. Include specific details, the people involved, and the outcome. Next, provide your analysis of the situation, including what went right or wrong, and discuss how you would have chosen to deal with the situation, keeping in mind legal and ethical contexts of human resource management.

His words undoubtedly had a personal impact for the countless numbers of GE employees who have

Even through there were 23 ventures funded there was no financial gain for GE, and there would be no gain for a while. Most of the ventures were predicted to gain traction 12-18 months after, but would take years to generate the kind of profit that GE is used to and sustains itself at. “In order for the ecomagination Challenge to pay off for GE, some of the nascent ventures would need to gain scale or accelerate the growth of an existing GE business. A team with an idea, an unproven business model and only a

4. In late December 2010, several dissident shareholders had informed the company that they intended to sue the W & H board of directors for $5,000,000 because the board had rejected a merger offer proposed by a major supplier. The company has indemnified the directors; thus any judgment against the directors would be paid by the company. W & H Company’s attorney felt any such suit would be without merit.

When Jack Welch assumed as CEO of GE in April 1981, he had the challenge of revitalizing the competitiveness and productive competency of the company. In 1981 the economy was in a recession and high unemployment combined with high interest rates exacerbated GE’s problems. GE needed to be restructured and this entailed the modernization and streamlining of operations, downsizing the organization, reduction of payrolls and stringent efficiency measures.

Many of the minority employees felt that issues were not being addressed. This made them feels insecure at their job and helpless. It had become apparent to many that going to management were not going to help alleviate the problem. The total number of people who were discriminated against may never be known, but through the bravery of the few, the prejudice of that behavior has been stopped and has been corrected.

When Reg Jones retired and Jack Welch became GE’s CEO in 1981, the country was facing a major recession, with high inflation and unemployment rates, reminiscent of those 50 years earlier during the Great Depression. Thousands of businesses were failing, not only affected by the national economic conditions but also due to increased competition from other countries such as Japan. At the time, GE was highly structured, with numerous management layers and several macro businesses. The company followed very orthodox practices, with 43 different strategic

General Electric (GE) is among the most profitable companies and, according to Fortune magazine, the most admired. It stock is the most highly valued in the world. Some critics would argue, if it's not broke, why fix it? Jack Welch, CEO of GE, believes in the "infinite capacity to improve everything." Why does a company that has experienced so much success recently invests over a billion dollars in a quality initiative? Increased competition has GE adopting the attitude that businesses that stand still become obsolete as businesses that continue to grow pass them by. Also by implementing Six Sigma, GE is preparing itself for future profitability

This lawsuit alleges wrongful termination and violation of public policy. The former Boeing employee asked for back pay and future economic loss. Boeing, at the time the article was published and not yet responded to the court. (Seattlepi", 1996) It is extremely important for Boeing’s management to handle things ethically and in a professional manner to avoid lawsuits such as this in the future.

GE was a very successful organization under the immensely charismatic and influential Jack Welch. The period of 1981 to 2001 when he was the CEO saw the company increasing market share rapidly and grew exponentially. This period was a period of increasing environment changes and GE saw Jack Welch as the new CEO. He made a famous speech that the company is a fast growing company is a slow growing economy. We can judge from this that the economy of those days was a very stable one with not many changes in the task environment. There would then be reduced competition and reduced pressure due to changing environments.

In this section, you should discuss the key elements of the case study that are essential for understanding the central problem that must be addressed. These should include at the very least a discussion of the key players (including their roles, what may motivate them in this