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    General Electric Under Jack Welch             In 1980 right before Welch took the position as CEO of General Electric, GE 's organizational rigid structure, resistance to change, and bureaucratic climate made it impossible to perceive important environmental changes. Furthermore, the organizational structure, decision-making process and information management procedures no longer fit the organization 's needs. In 1981 Jack Welch was not considered a leading contender for GE 's top job. However

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    company we decided on for our financial analysis is General Electric. At first we were looking at Starbucks, as it is a rapidly growing multinational corporation, but after some research we discovered that the earnings per share growth of Starbucks is 40.2%. Therefore Starbucks did not meet the requirement set at 50% EPS growth to be considered a truly “rapidly growing company”. We then continued our research and were able to find that General Electric has current EPS growth at 59.6%, which meets the

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    General Electric Company GE Corp (General Electric Company GE, NYSE:GE), the world 's largest Multi-National Corporation to provide technology and services. According to 2007 statistics, GE 's sales income is 172.738 billion, has the world 's second largest market assets of company, and in sales revenue over the past four years has been first in the world.. GE is a more outstanding Multi-National Corporation in the development of diversified companies. At present, the company has more than 100

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    In the case, “The Jack Welch Era at General Electric”, indicate that during the period of Jack Welch was a CEO at General Electric from 1981 to 2001, the company became remarkable profit. Earnings per share rose from $.46 in 1981 to $1.07 in 2001. GE is a company which has a very long history, and Jack Welch was the first working-class person that finally became the famous manager in GE history. He changed and built lots of rules to fulfill his ambition to make the company more wealthy such as eliminated

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    General Electric (GE) Strategic Management Case Study: General Electric (GE) Analysis using Porter’s Approach By: Johnny Cantrell Part A: General Electric, or GE as it is better known, is a diversified technology, media, and financial services company. Their primary objective as stated is “focused on solving some of the world's toughest problems”. Their slogan, which is “imagination at work”, truly says everything there is to know about the vision of the company. Inside

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    Jack Welch and His Transformation of General Electric Jack Welch is among the celebrated chief executive officers globally. He was the manager of the General Electric Co. Welch always appears in the list of the best, the smartest, the toughest bosses whole of the America. He has changed the company’s bureaucracy in terms of planning and systems. The paper will discuss Jack Welch as one of the most prominent industry leaders. He and his colleagues have been instrumental in turning around a large company

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    Company SWOT General Electric (GE) is a huge multinational corporation. The company started out as the Edison Electric Light Company in 1878. In 1892 the company was incorporated as General Electric thru a merger with the Thomson-Houston Electric Company. The company’s products and services include such items as aircraft engines, oil and gas production equipment, medical imaging, financing ,appliances, and industrial products . GE’s diversified businesses reduce its financial risk. GE currently

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    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

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    Overview General Electric Company (GE), founded on April 15, 1892, as a result of the merger of American Inventor Thomas Alva Edison 's Edison General Electric Company and Thomson-Houston Electric Company is an American Multinational Conglomerate. The diversified infrastructure and financial services company produces products and services that consist of oil and gas production equipment, household appliances, power generation, medical imaging, industrial products, business and consumer financing

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    INTRODUCTION General Electric was formed out of a merger between Edison General Electric Company and Thomson-Houston Company in 1882. It has since lead the industry in energy and medial advancements from the first dynamos to X-ray machines. The company has since expanded in many different areas such as energy, health, transportation and infrastructure, and employs over 300,000 employees in over 100 countries around the world. The case examines GE’s need to innovate in a competitive market. GE

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