About Jack Welch 1981
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About Jack Welch 1981
Major changes from traditional to
See how company progress,
during the early ceo Reg Jones also going good
Exhibit 1
Revenue from 27240 bil to 129,853 b more than 400% increase in revenue
Employee more than 400 000 to 313000 – decrease almost 100k
Employee in united state n other country- almost equal during 2000 there are very serious n commited n serious about going global (2000/2001 internet start getting place)
Total asset from 1981 from 20,942 to 437,006billion
Dividen from 715 to 5,647- investor/shareholder happy
This is the self
He inlead a gread leader
Transformational Leaders- we should refer Welch Jack
This person doing pas way surgery 3time
Become more egernatic after bypass, want to do more n more
Neutron Jack given nickname (caj) the whole being charge by jack, that why his nickname neutron jack
GE is founded by Thomas Edison
Acknowledgement – was given wall street
The concern by shareholder if JW can continued
Age 45 as CEO..
What was his 1st Strategy?
Become no 1 or 2 or fix it or sales it
Each biz standard 1 & 2 interm of performace of the biz
Be a leader in industry
Exhibit 2- The three Circle
Core Biz, technology (cash cow for them) and service (later on )
If biz Is core- priority to invest and
Services- start to take over company in good servis sector incl ins company
He reorganized
Lot of birokrasi
He resturturing, empower his people
Scrape
Strategic planning for company
He prefer direct dealing, direct information n direct
Exhabit 4a n 4b
Less layer
He realize how important is his people, the uniqness of his people
He become engage to his people
He want flow information, birokrasi to be remove
Remove sector ganti dgn 3 circle.. no manager biz unit
Focus must on managing the people not product or everything. We have people to look after that (product)
If not take care of people, u have the good product the end of the day u cannot create competitive advantage.
People can emitted anything product, but people cannot being emitted. Identify the next
Neutron Jack- The change!! U have to make decision, cannot living with people who will pull u down.. the survival off biz is more important then individu.. dr 40 2 je yg tinggal.
He believe in lean (no waste) and agile (flexible) anytime can change
He don’t want people who not into it
Manager have 6-7
300 people u don’t have time, 1-1 no time
Less manager report
SECOND STAGE OF THE ROCKET
CulturalChange
Work-Out & Best Practice
Work-Out- type of workout such as :-
1. Birokrasi reduce
2. Which one to eliminate- he assign the person Baughman
- off-site meeting and open-forum
-3 day sessions began with unit boss. Boss leave the session afer that n come back to hear
Session with people, have solution
Best Practice
Best way to do it better. Come out with some
Knowledge should be share, abdopted, apply by others. Don’t shy to learn drom other
GOING GLOBAL
Exhibit 3
Changes in the GE biz portfolio
Buy ins company..
He not so excited until 1989- appointed Paolo Fresco as a head og International Operation
JV with foreign (Thomson S.A)-Franch base
Toshiba (japan)
Need a partner to going global
Most revenue from outside. He see the opportunity going global
3 time higher than domestic revenue
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