General Electric, A Worldwide Conglomerate Corporation

General Electric Company (GE) is a diversified industrial corporation engaged in developing, manufacturing and marketing a wide variety of products for the generation, transmission, distribution,

The most renowned company of the 20th century was The Edison General Electric Company. It was pioneered by Thomas Edison in the 1890. As we all know Thomas Edison invented the incandescent electric lamp by looking at the potential that can be created through the dynamo and other electric machines. The company was not able to grab the market because of its competitor The Thomas Houston Company. So in 1982, Thomas merged with his competitor and established a new company as The General Electric Company. It is now one of the largest conglomerates of the American multinational company. (Pearce II & Robinson, 2011)The Forbes Global 2000 graded GE as the 2nd largest company of the world in 2010 and as of May 2015, as the 9th largest company by comparing the total sales, market value and profit assets of various different MNCs with the market capital of $253.5 billion. (Forbes, 2015)

A. Current Ratio: The ability for a company to pay short term obligations is measured by this ratio. In 2011 Company G moved from 1.86 to 1.77. Compared to the 1.9 Home Center Retail Benchmarks industry ratio, the numbers are below standards. Current Ratio represents values above 2 quartile industry benchmarks data (1.4 to 2.1). Current Ratio represents a weakness for Company G.

Analyzing GE’s corporate-level strategy from 2001 – present with Jeff Immelt as CEO, GE focuses on the growth and development platforms. Technology is the key driving force for GE’s future and growth. Advancements in industries such as energy, health and aviation fueled demand for cleaner and more efficient energy production. GE identified new markets with potential high-growth that offered attractive returns through strategic mergers and acquisitions. As CEO, Jeff Immelt established a process for identifying projects that offered attractive growth potential which were then nurtured and treated as special projects or initiatives that were not subject to strict budget constraints. Immelt introduced GE’s three strategic imperatives as: (1) sustaining its strong business model, (2) strengthening the business portfolio, and (3) driving its growth initiatives. www.ge.com

information the result is a percentage rate that shows the profit margin. The formula to determine

Return on Assets shows the Company’s ability to generate a profit based on assets and equity. In 2009, the Company’s profit margin was 3.07% and in 2011 it had fallen to 1.91%.

The company currently has a current ratio of 14:1. This is bad because the company is not managing its assets properly.

This ratio gives the percentage of total funds that are provided by creditors. A ration under 1 means that the company is relies mostly on financing through equity. A ratio above 1 indicates that the company is financed more by debt.

7. Debt to capitalization = Long-term Debt in Balance Sheet / Long term debt + Net Assets in

Canadian General Electric Co. Limited (CGE) was incorporated in Canada in 1892 at the same time Edison Electric Light Company and Thomson-Houston Electric Light Company merge into General Electric (GE) which continues to the present day as a major international conglomerate. GE is investing in software and analytics, healthcare, energy, lighting and bio-energy systems, and advance manufacturing and enterprise. With each investment, the company strategy to grow and enhance productivity and reduce environmental impact at a global scale becomes apparent. At GE, research and development has been the cornerstone of innovation for over a century. GE has approximately 36,000 technicians that are used to solve some of the world’s toughest problems

Also; Citigroup, Inc. another competitor for the GE Company made a total of $64.95 billion in 2011, and when we compare it with GE and SI its earnings where even less in the same year, making General Electric a leader in the industry. With this valuable information GE management can analyze its competitor’s financial statements results and from there they can evaluate their faults and create new ways to increase their annuals earnings and secure their place as one of leading companies in their industry. Another way GE can go forward in the industry is by adapting its services and products to other countries that need them.

The final ratio we will analyze is the average collection period which measures the time it takes a firm to receive payments after a sale has been made. The average collection period was 55 days for 2001 and 42 days for 2000. While these numbers seem to be very high the reader needs to remember that they are dealing with a large ticket item and financing is usually arranged and payments from the finance company could take more time than cash payments that are normal in the traditional retail marketplace.

Analysis - GE has likely been so successful over the years because of its ability to foresee major trends and capitalize upon them. In the 1960s, for instance, GE was one of the eight major computer companies. Even recently, since 1986, GE has continued to acquire several organizations; portions of NBC, wind manufacturing, universe pictures, aerospace industries, international firms, software and hardware manufacturing, even oil companies abroad. The company culture describes itself as not one company, but many each unit a vast and complex enterprise in and of itself, with a corporate

GE was found by Thomas Edison in 1893. It has around 343,000 employees and operation over 100 countries. The company experienced continuous

The management developments that GE has formulated over the past century appear to reflect the same sequential pattern that has been suggested by the management theory. GE’s first organizational innovation was the establishment of their corporate research and development lab in 1900. I believe this innovation directly germinated out of the advancements that where being made in managerial theory at the time. Frederick Taylor a pioneer of scientific management conducted studies that demonstrated that paying employees with a piecework pay system helps achieve a higher quality and quantity of output from workers, along with improved moral among the groups of workers. Soon after these studies GE in 1930 became the first U.S firm to offer pension and profit sharing plans to their workers.