Session 20: TBA Session 21: Simulation Day Session 22: Case: GE”s Two-Decade Transformation: Jack Welch’s Leadership Discussion Questions: 1. How difficult a challenge did Welch face in 1981? How effectively did he take charge? 2. What is Welch”s objective in the series of initiatives he launched in the late 1980s and 1990s? 3. How does such a large, complex diversified conglomerate defy the critics and continue to grow so profitably? 4. What is your evaluation of Welch”s management approach? How important is he to GE”s success? What implications for his replacement?
Session 23: TBA Session 24: Case: Sabena Airlines Discussion Questions 1. Read the background case in the packet to familiarize yourself with the strategy being implemented at Sabena. Then read the first case on a new junior level manager at Sabena, Erik Weytjens. What would you do to solve the first assignment (problem) he is given to address?