Describes the challenges and successes experienced by the business aviation in the implementation of GE combines the structure and culture of the plant through its supply chain. GE Aviation leadership have seen a dramatic increase in productivity, quality, and employee satisfaction in manufacturing plants, where it is sold together, which was designed to move decision-making as close as possible to the product, the ability to delegate authority, responsibility and accountability-line workers. The case describes what appeared to combine two plants GE Aviation, and discusses the benefits realized in the combined sites. It also describes the problems GE Aviation leaders faced in the implementation of combined face-seated structure and culture of a particular plant, and discusses management difficulties faced in advancing the transformation of culture of the plant. "Hide
by Rakesh Khurana, Jeffrey T. Polzer, Willy Shih, Eric Baldwin Source: Harvard Business School 28 pages. Publication Date: November 19, 2012. Prod. #: 413074-PDF-ENG
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