Transcript GE`s Two – Decade Transformation : Jack Welch`s Leadership
Sandy Wibisono Address: General Electric Company Internet Registrations 3135 Easton Turnpike Fairfield, CT 06828-0001 USA
Founded in 1878 by Thomas Edison.
Focus on Generation , Distribution, and use of electric power to become. 1978 – Power Generation , household appliances, lighting + Aircraft engines, medical systems and Diesel Locomotives.
1930 • centralized 1950 • Decentralization 1960 • strengthen its corporate staff and develop sophisticated planning systems GE – a Bellwether of American Management Practices
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Strategy-SBU based structure and planning processes
10 groups, 46 divisions, 190 departments, and 43 strategic business units Develop a constructive business-government dialogue Wall Street Journal proclaimed him as a “ management legend ”
Success
Sales more than doubled ($10 billion to $22 billion) and earnings grew even faster ($572 million to $1.4 billion) A major thrust into international markets Expansion of world trade and restoration of U.S. competitiveness
1935: born in Salem, Massachusetts 1957: BS in Chemical Engineering • • • • 1960: MS and PhD in Chemical Engineering
1960: Joined GE as a chemical engineer 1972: Elected GE
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s youngest VP 1979: Vice Chairman April 1, 1981: Became the 8
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Chairman and CEO of General Electric
Challenge form outside GE Economic recession High interest rates Highest unemployment rate since the depression Challenges from GE Massive information and inefficient macro-business
Support
Ladd Petroleum Semi Conductor GE Trading Co.
Utah Mining
Ventures
Calma Services GECC Information Construction & Engineering Nuclear Services Core Lighting Major Appliance Motor Transportation Turbine Construction Equipment Technology Industrial Electronics Medical Systems Material Aerospace Aircraft Engines Three-Circle Vision for GE “ A decade from now, I would like General Electric to be perceived as a Unique, high spirited, Entrepreneurial enterprise … product lines the most profitable, highly diversified company on the earth, with world quality leadership in every one of its ” . -- Jack Welch
Outside
Housewares Central Air-Conditioning TV&Audio Cable Mobile Power Delivery Radio Stations
Challenged everyone to be “ better than the best ” Sold more than 200 businesses and made over 370 acquisitions Insisted GE become more “ lean and agile ” Delayering: elimination of the “ sector ” level Downsizing: elimination of about 123,450 jobs resulting Divestiture: elimination of an additional 122,700 jobs Replaced 12 of his 14 business heads
Work Out Going Global Best Practices Developing Leaders
Software Iniatives Second Wave
Boundaryless Behavior Service Businesses Six Sigma E-Business
Third Wave
A process designed to get unnecessary bureaucratic work out of the system while providing a forum in which employees and their bosses could work out new ways of dealing with each other.
How to increase Productivity ?
Michael Fraizer of GE’s Business Development • They focused more on developing effective processes than controlling • • individual activities.
Customer satisfaction was their main gauge of performance.
They treated their supplier as partners • They emphasized the need for a constant stream of high quality new products designed for efficient manufacturing
1989 – appointed Paulo Fresco as head international Operations.
a key negotiator on the thompson swap Continued to broker numerous international deals a joint venture with German-based Robert Bosch a Partnership with Toshiba Acquisition of Sovac , the French Consumer credit Company
Loyal Creative Strong People Professional Aggressive Self Confidence Capacity to develop global brain Passion for Excellent Change
To strengthening GE’s Individual Businesses Integrated Diversity Boundaryless Company The Boundaryless company we envision will remove the barriers among engineering, manufacturing, marketing, sales, and customer service; it will recognize no distinctions between domestic and foreign operation …..
1990 , Welch Introduced the notion of “stretch” to set performance targets and described it as “using dreams to set business targets, with no real idea of how to get there.” Stretch Targets did not replace traditional forecasting and objectives-setting process.
In 1994, Welch launched a new strategic initiative designed to reinforce one of his earliest goals: to reduce GE’s dependence on its traditional industrial products.
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1980 1990 1995 1998
2 45% 1 45% 1 33% 1 55% 2 55% 1 85% 2 67% Products Services
Issue When a 1995 Company Survey showed that GE employees were dissatisfied with the quality of its products and processes.
Six Sigma (Motorola Inc and AlliedSignal) Improve Quality Lower Cost Increase Productivity
1996 – Boca Raton- Welch announced a goal of reaching Six Sigma quality levels company – wide by the year 2000, describing the program as “the biggest opportunity for growth, increased profitability , and individual employee satisfaction in the history of our company.” 4 weeks training 5 Months implementation 6 weeks of instruction in statistic , data analysis and other six sigma tools Full time six sigma instructors – mentored the Black Belt candidates through the two –years process
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“A – Players” Individuals with vision , leadership, energy and courage “4 E’s” Energy , Ability to Energize others , Edge , the ability to make tough calls Execution , the consistent ability to turn vision into results.
First Wave GE’s Restructuring Second Wave Cultural Changes #1 or #2 – fix, sell, or close 1981 1988 Work Out Best Practices 1990 Third Wave Boundaryless ness