Replying to LO27709 --
Roxanne:
Don't forget GE has another culture standard called INTEGRITY. With the
combination of Integrity...stretch
goals...boundarilessness...workout...diversity...globalization culture, plus
the management system and style, GE has shown the world its success.
However, I doubt if GE model can work anywhere else. That's why GE is GE.
Greg
Greg Wang, PhD
ROInet Moderator
www.performtek.com
> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 16:24:22 -0600
> From: "Roxanne Abbas" <rabbas@usinternet.com>
> Subject: Jack Welch and Performance Appraisal LO27709
>
> Greg Wang answered by inquiry about Jack Welch's approach to performance
> management by explaining the necessity of matching the system to the
> culture.
>
> "This approach will only work in certain corporate culture. For instance,
> one of GE's cultural aspects is "boundarilessness"--good for Jack, came up
> with such a long word :) another cultural aspect "strechness"--meaning
> people setup strech goals, when the goal is achieved, the bar will be
> raised, then all the results now is still under the bar and new efforts is
> required to reach the new bar. Without these cultural aspect, the
> so-called topgrading approach or ABC won't work and will even cause
> disastrous results, which I don't want to discuss here."
>
> Thank you, Greg, for helping me to see that Welch's approach of
> eliminating the bottom ranked 10% managers might make sense in some
> cultures. It is hard for me to imagine that this wouldn't create
> unhealthy competition or even sabotage. It feels pretty ruthless. Am I
> still missing something?
>
> Roxanne Abbas
> rabbas@usinternet.com
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