Talk:Jack Welch
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[edit] Plagiarism
This page reeks of stolen material from here: http://www.businessweek.com/1998/23/b3581001.htm
[edit] Unflattering image
I'm not exactly a Jack Welch fan but that picture is so very unflattering that I perceive the choice of this picture to be the expression of a hostile point of view toward Welch. IMHO this should be replaced with a better picture... and if nobody can find a better one, IMHO this one should be removed. Dpbsmith (talk) 18:12, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
[edit] The most complex organization
- Welch gained a solid reputation by using his uncanny business instincts and unique leadership strategies to run GE, the most complex organization in the world [...]
I changed this to "the most complex enterprise", as "organization" is a little too all-encompassing and thus perhaps not correct, although I'm not sure if the statement is now any better. Is GE "the most complex", and if yes by what measure? 82.181.62.247 14:17, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] I'm not sure...
... but shouldn't "...411,000 employees at the end of 1980, and 299,000 at the end of 1985." be "411,000 employees at the end of 1970, and 299,000 at the end of 1985."? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.72.136.191 (talk) 02:05, 17 December 2006 (UTC).
No. Welch was talking about a 5 year period where many GE employees were laid off. The period was roughly 1980-1985. The article is correct. Enigmaman 20:19, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Welch and PCB Pollution in Hudson River
I'm surprised this is not mentioned. A quick Google of Welch GE PCB brings up his role in keeping GE from having to cleanup PCBs for years (beginning in the 70s), and his questioning in an interview with Patricia Daly of ICCR as to whether PCBs are dangerous.
Strange. —Preceding unsigned comment added by HamTech87 (talk • contribs) 11:29, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] bad quotation and commentary
regarding the addition of: On April 16, 2008, Welch, who handpicked Jeffrey Immelt to succeed him as chief executive officer at General Electric Co., effectively threw Immelt under the bus when he said his protege ``has a credibility issue following the company's surprise first-quarter profit shortfall. Here's the screw-up: You made a promise that you'd deliver this and you miss three weeks later, Welch, 72, said today on the GE-owned CNBC network's Squawk Box program. ``Jeff has a credibility issue. He's getting his ass kicked. On April 17, 2008, he said his statement was “misinterpreted.”
while that is partially accurate, the term "threw immelt under the bus" is quite biased. the source is not cited, and worse off it is not properly quoted. the citation i think the biased individual is referring to can be found here http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=713975597&play=1 and after listening to the lengthy interview i do not here the quote as it was written down on this article.
12.169.70.10 (talk) 15:54, 17 April 2008 (UTC) concerned individual
