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050 00 $aHD9697.A3$bU555 1999
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100 1 $aO'Boyle, Thomas F.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98020097
245 10 $aAt any cost :$bJack Welch, General Electric, and the pursuit of profit /$cThomas F. O'Boyle.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c1998.
300 $a449 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aJack Welch, the CEO of General Electric and one of the most renowned figures in today's business world, has been seen by some as the model corporate leader and by others as the quintessential unmitigated pursuer of profit. In this book, the man and his methods, and the legendary company he runs, are examined.
520 8 $aAs we watch Welch's spectacular rise through the ranks at GE, we see his impetuousness, his aggressiveness, his lightning strikes. We see the making of an extraordinary leader who is a catalyst for change, who anticipates events rather than merely reacting to them, and who confronts complacency with blitzkrieg action.
520 8 $aBut success for a company can come at a price for the community. As Thomas F. O'Boyle shows, long before most chief executives had heard of corporate restructuring - and long before "downsizing" became a word heard daily in American life - Welch was practicing both.
520 8 $aAs the story of his seventeen-year tenure unfolds, we see him eliminate hundreds of thousands of jobs, send other jobs abroad, buy and sell hundreds of businesses, remove entire echelons from the corporate hierarchy, and shift the company's focus from long-established manufacturing businesses to entertainment and finance. His approach to personnel cuts earned him the nickname "Neutron Jack.".
520 8 $aIn its latest incarnation, the vast manufacturing company that Thomas Edison began in 1878 has also been caught up in miscues and legal difficulties: defective refrigerators brought to market; industrial wastes improperly buried; excessive radiation in the workplace; fraud in military contract procurement; a financial service division's improprieties that landed on the front page. All the while, shareholders have reaped enormous gains - but, the author asks, at what cost?
610 20 $aGeneral Electric Company$xManagement.
650 0 $aElectric industries$zUnited States$xManagement$vCase studies.
600 10 $aWelch, Jack,$d1935-2020.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92031200
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