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Tko je Jack Welch i kakvu filozofiju zastupa? Pošto sam ga često spominjao uz psovke i uvrede upućene njemu i njegovoj bahatoj i beskrupuloznoj filozofiji koja je pretočena u strukturu svih korporacija koje sam do sada makar i površno upoznao i pošto je sam sebe postavio u poziciju u kojoj je… tko sam ja da mu uskraćujem njegove vlastite riječi.

Prihvatio sam ga kao nakaznu kreaturu, vampira iz nekih davno prošlih vremena kad je neljudski odnos prema okolini i ljudima bio hvaljen kao odlučno vodstvo. U stvari robovlasnik ali se rodio u krivo vrijeme i sve, ali baš sve, sudi samo prema sebi i svojoj poziciji.

Sebičnost, kratkovidnost iza koje stoji uspjeh za koji više nitko ne vjeruje da je rezultat njegovog rada nego nekih sasvim drugih okolnosti. Nešto kao Madoff koji je svoju zaradu od muljaža predstavio kao svoj uspjeh i besramno se preseravao po predavanjima prosipajući floskule.

Danas je okrenuo ploču ali ajmo prvo malo baciti pogled na ono što je pričao. Čisto da vidimo smo ga svi mi krivo shvatili kao što sad tvrdi ili…

By Francesco Guerrera in New York
Published: March 12 2009 18:13
Welch rues short-term profit ‘obsession’

Jack Welch, who is regarded as father of the “shareholder value” movement, has said the obsession with short-term profits and share price gains that has dominated the corporate world for over 20 years was “a dumb idea”.

Mr Welch made his remarks at the weekend, before Thursday’s news that GE, which he left in 2001, had been downgraded by Standard & Poor’s, losing the pristine triple A rating it had held since 1956.

In an interview for the Financial Times’ series on the future of capitalism, the former General Electric chief said the emphasis by executives and investors on shareholder value since he spelt it out in a speech in 1981 was misplaced.

In a Bull Market We Are All Geniuses.

But what does this have to do with Jack Welch? He left the company in 2001 with a stock price in the 50s. True, but he also hired, trained and hand-picked his successor Jeff Immelt and left Mr. Immelt a “hodge-podge conglomerate” with one division (GE Capital -a financial services company!) responsible for over 50% of the company’s profits.

Nakon hrpetine smeća treba pogledati nešto malo zabavnije… Lex Luthor traži pomoć od vlade… Supermen ga je skupo koštao… :-)