UID:
kobvindex_INT0000608
Format:
xvi, 480 pages :
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illustrations ;
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23 cm.
Edition:
1st trade printing.
ISBN:
9780446690683 (pbk.)
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0446690686 (pbk.)
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0446528382 (hbk.)
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9780446528382 (hbk.)
Content:
MACHINE-GENERATED SUMMARY NOTE: "In his #1 bestseller, Welch surveys his brilliant career at General Electric, reveals his personal business philosophy, and discusses his life post-retirement in a new Afterword." -- "They called him Neutron Jack. They called him the world's toughest boss. And then Fortune called him "The Manager of the Century." In his twenty-year career at the helm of General Electric, Jack Welch defied conventional wisdom and turned an aging behemoth of a corporation into a lean, mean engine of growth and corporate innovation. In this remarkable autobiography-a classic business book and runaway New York Times bestseller now updated with a new afterword by the author-Jack Welch takes us on the rough-and-tumble ride that has been his remarkable life. From his working-class childhood to his early days in G.E. Plastics to his life at the top of the world's most successful company, Welch tells his intensely personal story with his well-known fire and candor. And although it chronicles billion-dollar deals and high-stakes corporate standoffs, Jack is ultimately a story about people-from a man who based his career on demanding only the best from others and from himself."
Note:
EDITORIAL NOTE: first published 2001 as: Jack : what I've learned leading a great company and great people.
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INDEX NOTE: includes index.
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MACHINE-GENERATED CONTENTS NOTE: Author's note -- Prologue -- SECTION I EARLY YEARS -- Chapter 1, Building Self Confidence -- Chapter 2, Getting Out of the Pile -- Chapter 3, Blowing the Roof Off -- Chapter 4, Flying Below the Radar -- Chapter 5, Getting Closer to the Big Leagues -- Chapter 6, Swimming in a Bigger Pond -- SECTION II BUILDING A PHILOSOPHY -- Chapter 7, Dealing with Reality and "Superficial Congeniality" -- Chapter 8, The Vision Thing -- Chapter 9, The Neutron Years -- Chapter 10, The RCA Deal -- Chapter 11, The People Factory -- Chapter 12, Remaking Crotonville to Remake GE -- Chapter 13, Boundaryless: Taking Ideas to the Bottom Line -- Chapter 14, Deep Dives -- SECTION III UPS AND DOWNS -- Chapter 15, Too Full of Myself -- Chapter 16, GE Capital: The Growth Engine -- Chapter 17, Mixing NBC with Light Bulbs -- Chapter 18, When to Fight, When to Fold -- SECTION IV GAME CHANGERS -- Chapter 19, Globalization -- Chapter 20, Growing Services -- Chapter 21, Six Sigma and Beyond -- Chapter 22, E-Business -- SECTION V LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD -- Chapter 23, "Go Home, Mr. Welch" -- Chapter 24, What This CEO Thing Is All About -- Chapter 25, A Short Reflection on Golf -- Chapter 26, "New Guy" -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Afterword -- Appendixes -- Index. -- Provided by publisher.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Autobiographies
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