1980, ISBN: 0786116153

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[SR: 10066197], Audio Cassette, [EAN: 9780786116157], Audiobook, Unabridged, Blackstone Audiobooks, Blackstone Audiobooks, Book, [PU: Blackstone Audiobooks], Blackstone Audiobooks, In the 1980s, Jack Welch built General Electric into the prototypical global company and one of the world's most profitable companies. However, the vast manufacturing company that Thomas Edison began in 1878 has also been caught up in miscues and legal difficulties. All the while, shareholders have reaped enormous gains--but, the author asks, at what cost?, No contemporary business leader has been so widely acclaimed as Jack Welch of General Electric. Welch's transformation of GE into one of America's most profitable and valuable companies has been chronicled already in several other books, most recently Jack Welch and the GE Way by Robert Slater. Now comes journalist Thomas F. O'Boyle to take Welch down a notch--or two or three. Where other books wholeheartedly endorse Welch's gung-ho style of leadership, At Any Cost finds much to abhor. O'Boyle, an editor at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, holds Welch personally responsible for various scandals over the years at some of GE's multifarious appendages, from contract fraud in its defense business (later sold) to faked crash tests of GM trucks on Dateline NBC. Welch's single-minded devotion to winning drives his subordinates to cut corners, O'Boyle suggests, though the author offers little evidence to implicate Welch in these or other lapses by a few of GE's 276,000 employees. O'Boyle is actually more interested in nailing Welch for many of America's social problems. He believes that mass layoffs at GE in the 1980s made downsizing fashionable. GE's success in enriching shareholders encouraged other corporations to curry favor with Wall Street while ignoring their impact on the rest of society. The results have been catastrophic for many families and communities. So even in good times, American workers are plagued by a sense of insecurity. O'Boyle implies that Welch's pernicious influence can be seen in the divorce rate and even in the paranoia that produced the bombing of the Tulsa federal building. Yet O'Boyle is not a class warrior or know-nothing populist. He recognizes that the drive and ruthlessness of people like Jack Welch have saved America from the economic stagnation of a Germany or Japan. Thorough in its reporting and finely written, At Any Cost is a plea for a kinder and gentler corporate capitalism, one mindful of its social consequences. O'Boyle does not have all the answers, but he raises important questions. --Barry Mitzman, 2542, Company Profiles, 2538, Biography & History, 3, Business & Money, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 2586, Econometrics, 2581, Economics, 3, Business & Money, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 9, History, 4762, Africa, 4808, Americas, 16252761, Arctic & Antarctica, 4884, Asia, 4921, Australia & Oceania, 4935, Europe, 4995, Middle East, 5032, Russia, 4853, United States, 5035, World, 4873, Ancient Civilizations, 5011, Military, 4987, Historical Study & Educational Resources, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books<

1980, ISBN: 0786116153

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[SR: 9697544], Audio Cassette, [EAN: 9780786116157], Audiobook, Unabridged, Blackstone Audiobooks, Blackstone Audiobooks, Book, [PU: Blackstone Audiobooks], Blackstone Audiobooks, In the 1980s, Jack Welch built General Electric into the prototypical global company and one of the world's most profitable companies. However, the vast manufacturing company that Thomas Edison began in 1878 has also been caught up in miscues and legal difficulties. All the while, shareholders have reaped enormous gains--but, the author asks, at what cost?, No contemporary business leader has been so widely acclaimed as Jack Welch of General Electric. Welch's transformation of GE into one of America's most profitable and valuable companies has been chronicled already in several other books, most recently Jack Welch and the GE Way by Robert Slater. Now comes journalist Thomas F. O'Boyle to take Welch down a notch--or two or three. Where other books wholeheartedly endorse Welch's gung-ho style of leadership, At Any Cost finds much to abhor. O'Boyle, an editor at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, holds Welch personally responsible for various scandals over the years at some of GE's multifarious appendages, from contract fraud in its defense business (later sold) to faked crash tests of GM trucks on Dateline NBC. Welch's single-minded devotion to winning drives his subordinates to cut corners, O'Boyle suggests, though the author offers little evidence to implicate Welch in these or other lapses by a few of GE's 276,000 employees. O'Boyle is actually more interested in nailing Welch for many of America's social problems. He believes that mass layoffs at GE in the 1980s made downsizing fashionable. GE's success in enriching shareholders encouraged other corporations to curry favor with Wall Street while ignoring their impact on the rest of society. The results have been catastrophic for many families and communities. So even in good times, American workers are plagued by a sense of insecurity. O'Boyle implies that Welch's pernicious influence can be seen in the divorce rate and even in the paranoia that produced the bombing of the Tulsa federal building. Yet O'Boyle is not a class warrior or know-nothing populist. He recognizes that the drive and ruthlessness of people like Jack Welch have saved America from the economic stagnation of a Germany or Japan. Thorough in its reporting and finely written, At Any Cost is a plea for a kinder and gentler corporate capitalism, one mindful of its social consequences. O'Boyle does not have all the answers, but he raises important questions. --Barry Mitzman, 2542, Company Profiles, 2538, Biography & History, 3, Business & Money, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 2586, Econometrics, 2581, Economics, 3, Business & Money, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 9, History, 4762, Africa, 4808, Americas, 16252761, Arctic & Antarctica, 4884, Asia, 4921, Australia & Oceania, 4935, Europe, 4995, Middle East, 5032, Russia, 4853, United States, 5035, World, 4873, Ancient Civilizations, 5011, Military, 4987, Historical Study & Educational Resources, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books<

1980, ISBN: 0786116153

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Hörkassette, [EAN: 9780786116157], Audiobook, Ungekürzte Ausgabe, Blackstone Audio Books, Blackstone Audio Books, Book, [PU: Blackstone Audio Books], Blackstone Audio Books, Dieser Titel ist in englischer Sprache. Kein anderer Unternehmensführer der heutigen Zeit wird so hoch gelobt wie Jack Welch von General Electric. Welch sorgte dafür, daß GE zu einem der gewinnbringendsten und wertsteigerndsten Unternehmen in Amerika avancierte, was schon in mehreren Büchern beschrieben wurde. Erst kürzlich erschien Jack Welch and the GE Way von Robert Slater. Doch der Journalist Thomas F. O'Boyle schreibt Welch einen -- oder zwei oder drei -- Minuspunkte zu. Während andere Bücher Welchs übereifrige Art der Unternehmensleitung loben, werden in At Any Cost: Jack Welch, General Electric, and the Pursuit of Profit viele negative Seiten aufgeführt. O'Boyle, einer der Herausgeber der Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, macht Welch persönlich für die unterschiedlichen Skandale, die im Laufe der Jahre in den mannigfaltigen Anhängseln von GE aufgetreten sind, verantwortlich -- angefangen von Betrügereien in ihrer Rüstungsfirma (die später verkauft wurde) bis zu gefälschten Crash-Tests von GM-LKWs bei Dateline NBC. Sein unbeirrbares Streben nach Gewinn führt dazu, daß Mitarbeiter eher schnell als sorgfältig arbeiten, so O'Boyle, obwohl er keine Beweise dafür bringt, daß Welch in diese oder andere Fehler, die wenige der 276.000 Mitarbeiter bei GE gemacht haben, verwickelt war. O'Boyle hat mehr Interesse daran, Welch für viele soziale Probleme in den USA verantwortlich zu machen. Er ist der Meinung, daß die Massenentlassungen bei GE 1980 dazu führten, daß viele Firmen dem Beispiel folgten. GEs Erfolg, Aktionäre reich zu machen, ermunterte andere Unternehmen dazu, sich bei der Wall Street einzuschmeicheln, ohne aber die Auswirkungen auf den Rest der Gesellschaft zu bedenken; diese waren katastrophal für viele Familien und Gemeinden. So können sich amerikanische Arbeiter selbst in guten Zeiten nie ganz sicher fühlen. O'Boyle sagt, daß sich Welchs schädlicher Einfluß auch in der Scheidungsrate zeigt und sogar in dem paranoiden Verhalten, das zum Zerbomben des Tulsa-Regierungsgebäudes führte. Trotzdem ist O'Boyle kein Kämpfer für die unteren Klassen und auch kein unwissender Populist. Er erkennt sehr wohl, daß der Antrieb und die Rücksichtslosigkeit solcher Menschen wie Jack Welch Amerika vor der wirtschaftlichen Stagnation wie in Deutschland oder Japan bewahrt haben. Seine Reportagen sind fundiert und großartig verfaßt; At Any Cost: Jack Welch, General Electric, and the Pursuit of Profit ist ein Appell an einen freundlichereren und sanfteren Kapitalismus, der sich auch der sozialen Folgen bewußt ist. O'Boyle kennt nicht alle Antworten, aber er wirft wichtige Fragen auf. --Barry Mitzman, 58174011, Biographien & Geschichte, 58173011, Business, Karriere & Geld, 54071011, Genres, 52044011, Fremdsprachige Bücher, 58206011, Ökonometrie, 58202011, Wirtschaftswissenschaften, 58173011, Business, Karriere & Geld, 54071011, Genres, 52044011, Fremdsprachige Bücher<

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