The GE Work-Out
How to Implement GE's Revolutionary Method for Busting Bureaucracy & Attacking Organizational Proble
Published on 16. April 2002
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-0-07-138416-2 (ISBN)
Description
Implement GE's legendary Work-Out technique for solving organizational problems fast...--and get fast, GE-like results-- in your organization.ion.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
658 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-138416-2 (9780071384162)
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Dave Ulrich is a Professor at the University of Michigan School of Business and a cofounder of The RBL Group. He has published twelve books and more than a hundred articles, and has consulted and done research with over half of the Fortune 200.
McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide
McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide
McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide
McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide
Content
Introduction: The Power of Work-Out
Part I: What Is Work-Out?
Chapter 1: Work-Out, GE, and the Largest Corporate Transformation in History
Chapter 2: Why Work-Out Works: The Underlying Principles
Chapter 3: Is Your Organization Ready for Work-Out? When and Where to Start
Chapter 4: How to Lead a Fast, Simple Work-Out-When You've Never Done It Before
Part II: Making Work-Out Happen: Implementing a Full-Length Work-Out
Chapter 5: A Work-Out Road Map
Chapter 6: Planning a Work-Out
Chapter 7: Conducting a Work-Out
Chapter 8: Implementing Work-Out Recommendations
Chapter 9: Customizing Work-Out for Your Organization
Chapter 10: Work-Out at Work: How Zurich Financial Services U.K. Used Work-Out to Transform the Company 211
Part III: Work-Out's Long-Term Payoff
Chapter 11: Using Work-Out to Create GE-Style Organizational Leadership
Chapter 12: Embedding the Process in Your Organization
Chapter 13: Work-Out as Culture Change
Chapter 14: Make Work-Out Work for You
Appendix A: The Work-Out Leader's Tool Kit
Appendix B: Work-Out Simulation Exercise: United Bank of London
Appendix C: Work-Out: The Foundations of a Cultural Revolution (A speech given to General Electric officers in January, 1990)
Endnotes
Index
About the Authors
Part I: What Is Work-Out?
Chapter 1: Work-Out, GE, and the Largest Corporate Transformation in History
Chapter 2: Why Work-Out Works: The Underlying Principles
Chapter 3: Is Your Organization Ready for Work-Out? When and Where to Start
Chapter 4: How to Lead a Fast, Simple Work-Out-When You've Never Done It Before
Part II: Making Work-Out Happen: Implementing a Full-Length Work-Out
Chapter 5: A Work-Out Road Map
Chapter 6: Planning a Work-Out
Chapter 7: Conducting a Work-Out
Chapter 8: Implementing Work-Out Recommendations
Chapter 9: Customizing Work-Out for Your Organization
Chapter 10: Work-Out at Work: How Zurich Financial Services U.K. Used Work-Out to Transform the Company 211
Part III: Work-Out's Long-Term Payoff
Chapter 11: Using Work-Out to Create GE-Style Organizational Leadership
Chapter 12: Embedding the Process in Your Organization
Chapter 13: Work-Out as Culture Change
Chapter 14: Make Work-Out Work for You
Appendix A: The Work-Out Leader's Tool Kit
Appendix B: Work-Out Simulation Exercise: United Bank of London
Appendix C: Work-Out: The Foundations of a Cultural Revolution (A speech given to General Electric officers in January, 1990)
Endnotes
Index
About the Authors