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Re:GE is laying off 20% of its workforce devoted to onshore ... by randomdata on Thursday October 06, 2022 @04:53PM (#33113960)
I'll leave you to decide on the veracity of the claim, but he is suggesting that Welch invented the "MBA way of doing things", something that eventually made its way into MBA programs thanks to Welch pioneering it. So him being a chemical engineer by training isn't at odds with what is being suggested. After all, you can't go to school to learn about what you created yourself.
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Re:GE is laying off 20% of its workforce devoted to onshore ... by benzin on Thursday October 06, 2022 @07:54PM (#33115733)
It’s a nice counter argument but the comment you’re replying to is essentially a slam-dunk on this entire MBA discussion.

Confirmation bias truly is a juggernaut.

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Re:GE is laying off 20% of its workforce devoted to onshore ... by randomdata on Friday October 07, 2022 @02:11AM (#33117979)
Unfortunately not. If the premise of the original comment is true, the comment I replied to doesn't work because Immelt would have become an MBA before Welch's "MBA way" made it into the MBA system and thus he wouldn't come from that school of thought. As the links in the other comment show, Immelt obtained his MBA around the same time Welch was just starting his leadership at GE, whereas the original comment suggested that Welch invented the "MBA way" while leading GE, and that eventually made its way into MBA programs.

It was a fun thought to ponder in a vacuum, but the real world has timelines.

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