Welch : An American Icon

by Lowe, Janet

• ISBN13: 9780471413356
• ISBN10: 0471413356
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-04-19
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

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.

Author Biography

JANET LOWE is the bestselling author of numerous business books including Damn Right! Behind the Scenes with Berkshire-Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger (Wiley) and Value Investing Made Easy. Formerly the financial editor of the San Diego Tribune, she has written more than 200 business articles for such publications as Newsweek, the Christian Science Monitor, and the Los Angeles Times.

Table of Contents

Preface	7	(11)
Acknowledgments	11	(2)
PART I THE JACK WELCH LEGACY	13	(56)
The House of Magic: How Welch Became an American Icon	27	(22)
The Gospel of Good Management	49	(20)
PART II GENERAL ELECTRIC THEN AND NOW	69	(120)
The Companies General Electric Dumped	81	(12)
The Companies General Electric Acquired	93	(20)
Building from Within	113	(16)
The Globalization of General Electric	129	(18)
Wired Welch	147	(20)
The Dark Side of the Legacy	167	(22)
PART III THE FUTURE	189	(56)
The Meta-Corporation: General Electric after Welch	201	(22)
Welch after General Electric	223	(12)
Welch's Place in History	235	(10)
APPENDIXES	245	(32)
appendix a General Electric and Jack Welch: The Chronology	247	(8)
appendix b GE Values	255	(2)
appendix c the CERES Principles	257	(4)
appendix d General Electric Businesses	261	(14)
appendix e General Electric---Nineteen-Yar Performance Figures: 1980--1999	275	(2)
Notes	277	(20)
Index	297