General Electric flourished in each decade of the 20th century. Since its founding in 1892, GE has supplied important gathering and best people. Staff worked with other scientists in the research laboratories of the company to develop and produce new and better products to meet the growing consumer demand for American lighting, appliances and consumer electronics in the 1910-1920's, and in 1950 and 1960 - ies. GE, executives demonstrated a clear understanding of leadership and management styles that were appropriate for the years in which they worked. In the first decade of the 20th century, Charles Grob showed that he was an adept negotiator who amassed great wealth for GE to build generators and power equipment for local companies in which GE also had a financial interest through the issuance of bonds. In the last decades of the 20th century, Jack Welch said that GE should support only the most profitable businesses in the portfolio company, the logic that led Welch and GE to phase out GE consumer electronics division while strengthening the financial position of GE Capital. Profiles of all the top managers of GE.
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by Nitin Nohria, Anthony J. Mayo, Mark Benson Source: Harvard Business School 43 pages. Publication Date: May 30, 2006. Prod. #: 406118-PDF-ENG
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