HIT THE ROAD, JACK

摘要

Management legend john f. welch Jr., chairman and CEO of General Electric Co. for nearly 20 years, didn't actually receive that blunt memo. Nor would he likely have taken its advice. However, by hanging onto the chairman and CEO's job at GE until the end of this year, 13 months after designating Jeffrey R. Immelt as his successor, Welch could uncharacteristically be making a major management mistake. And so, too, could other executives at manufacturing firms in the U.S. and around the world.