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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- “2001 Hardcover, 304 pgs.”
- Subject
- Biography & Autobiography
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition
- ISBN
- 9780471413356
- EAN
- 9780471413356
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0471413356
ISBN-13
9780471413356
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1879068
Product Key Features
Book Title
Welch : an American Icon
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2001
Topic
Leadership, General, Industries / Energy, Corporate & Business History
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
20.7 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
00-054564
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
Welch: An American Icon by Janet Lowe. If Jack Welch isnt a household name, he should be, Lowe says. "Welch is a guy who makes a lot of things happen, all kinds of things that affect the lives of all of us, even when were not aware of it." (USA Today September 10, 2001) "When business writer Lowe (Damn Right, etc.) approached GE Chairman Jack Welch about a book (Jack Welch Speaks, her first book on him), "[h]e said he did not see any purpose in -yet another book." Lowes respectable, ultimately redundant book portrays Welch as a captain of industry who commands the kind of attention that top executives crave and almost never get. The near-mythical story of GEs wrenching turnaround earns Welch abundant positive and negative buzz. Unlike many of Welchs contemporaries, he has stayed with the same company for the long run (since 1960), becoming chairman in 1981 and immediately restructuring the massive conglomerate, earning the moniker "Neutron Jack" because of his huge layoffs along the way. Through a combination of radical structural changes, a near-fanatical devotion to the Six Stigma management system and an acquisition blitzkrieg, GE leapt into the 21st century, taking no prisoners. Critics noted that under his stewardship, deep workforce reductions accompanied Welchs own ballooning salary and a tendency to treat workers and their hometowns as dispensable (Welch has said, "Ideally, youd have every plant you own on a barge, to move with currencies and changes in the economy"). Lowe promises a balanced look Welch that pulls no punches; for the most part, she delivers. But the books distracting, episodic style (a lot of the material was left over from the first book) makes it seem little more than an attempt to capitalize on curiosity about Welch prior to the publication of his much touted upcoming book. Several abundant appendices are informative but do little to explain Welchs icon status." (Publishers Weekly, April 2001) "...this book is a good read..." (Ambassador, September 2001), "Lowe promises a balanced look at Welch that pulls no punches; for the most part, she delivers."(Publishers Weekly, April, 2001) "...this book is a good read..." (Ambassador, September 2001)
Dewey Decimal
338.7/62138/092 B
Table Of Content
Preface. Acknowledgments. THE JACK WELCH LEGACY. The House of Magic: How Welch Became an American Icon. The Gospel of Good Management. GENERAL ELECTRIC THEN AND NOW. The Companies General Electric Dumped. The Companies General Electric Acquired. Building from Within. The Globalization of General Electric. Wired Welch. The Dark Side of the Legacy. THE FUTURE. The Meta-Corporation: General Electric after Welch. Welch after General Electric. Welch's Place in History. Appendix A: General Electric and Jack Welch: The Chronology. Appendix B: GE Values. Appendix C: The CERES Principles. Appendix D: General Electric Businesses. Appendix E: General Electric-Nineteen-Year Performance Figures: 1980-1999. Notes. Index.
Synopsis
A rare perspective on the personal philosophy, business savvy, and future of the chairman of the most admired company in the world Jack Welch, chairman of General Electric, is due to retire this spring. Welch has transported GE into the new economy with his management style, his forward-thinking approach to new technology, and by encouraging creativity among his employees. This book provides a look at what the innovative powerhouse executive has brought to American business and what will ultimately be his legacy. Thorough, authoritative, and absorbing, Welch: An American Icon includes interviews with CEOs at other leading companies who have worked under Welch and been trained by him, as well as interviews with other GE executives. Janet Lowe (Del Mar, CA) is an investment writer and author who has written sixteen business and biographical works, including the recent Damn Right!: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire-Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger (0-471-24473-2). Ms. Lowe is past editor of the San Diego Daily Transcript and Financial Editor of the San Diego Tribune. More than 200 of her business articles have appeared in such publications as Newsweek, the Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle., A rare perspective on the business savvy and future of a business icon Jack Welch transported GE into the new economy with his management style, his forward-thinking approach to new technology, and by encouraging creativity among his employees., A rare perspective on the personal philosophy, business savvy, and future of the chairman of the most admired company in the world Jack Welch, chairman of General Electric, is due to retire this spring. Welch has transported GE into the new economy with his management style, his forward-thinking approach to new technology, and by encouraging creativity among his employees. This book provides a look at what the innovative powerhouse executive has brought to American business and what will ultimately be his legacy. Thorough, authoritative, and absorbing, Welch: An American Icon includes interviews with CEOs at other leading companies who have worked under Welch and been trained by him, as well as interviews with other GE executives. Janet Lowe (Del Mar, CA) is an investment writer and author who has written sixteen business and biographical works, including the recent Damn Right : Behind the Scenes with Berkshire-Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger (0-471-24473-2). Ms. Lowe is past editor of the San Diego Daily Transcript and Financial Editor of the San Diego Tribune. More than 200 of her business articles have appeared in such publications as Newsweek, the Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle.
LC Classification Number
HD9697.A3U588 2001
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