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Offers a critical account of the leadership of General Electric's CEO, Jack Welch, illustrating Welch's ruthless "downsizing" and GE's questionable practices
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Offers a probing look at GE, the "Welch revolution," and at the American way of big business at the end of the 20th century. The author examines Welch's success at building GE into the first company valued at more than $200 billion, showing the CEO's aggressiveness and vibrant management style. At the same time, the book points out the negative byproducts of the company's success, from downsizing and moving jobs abroad to shifting the company's focus from manufacturing to entertainment and finance. Includes 16 b&w photographs which briefly document the best and worst of the company's history, from Edison's invention of the lightbulb to the loss of 20,000 GE jobs in Schenectady in the last 20 years. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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