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David Gelles. The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America—and How to Undo His Legacy

David Gelles. The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the... Administrative Science Quarterly 1–3 The Author(s) 2023 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1177/00018392231176467 journals.sagepub.com/home/asq David Gelles. The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America—and How to Undo His Legacy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2022. 272 pp. $28, hardcover. When I first began teaching an undergraduate course on general management in 2000, I dutifully covered the canon of management theory, but I also wanted to anchor my lectures on a person, an institution, and a global system that I could spin out across multiple lectures. After considering a handful of potential metonyms, I settled on Jack Welch, General Electric (GE), and the global capi- talist system as my course theme. With Welch having just retired as CEO, GE was still the darling of financial analysts, and given the company’s long history of spearheading new management theories, it seemed a good choice. I could even suggest that my students, for a break from dull articles, watch episodes of 30 Rock, an American sitcom that satirized the foibles of corporate culture within GE. But as the years passed, I worried. I consoled myself that at least I hadn’t chosen Enron as http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Administrative Science Quarterly SAGE

David Gelles. The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America—and How to Undo His Legacy

Administrative Science Quarterly , Volume 68 (3): 3 – Sep 1, 2023

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Administrative Science Quarterly 1–3 The Author(s) 2023 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1177/00018392231176467 journals.sagepub.com/home/asq David Gelles. The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America—and How to Undo His Legacy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2022. 272 pp. $28, hardcover. When I first began teaching an undergraduate course on general management in 2000, I dutifully covered the canon of management theory, but I also wanted to anchor my lectures on a person, an institution, and a global system that I could spin out across multiple lectures. After considering a handful of potential metonyms, I settled on Jack Welch, General Electric (GE), and the global capi- talist system as my course theme. With Welch having just retired as CEO, GE was still the darling of financial analysts, and given the company’s long history of spearheading new management theories, it seemed a good choice. I could even suggest that my students, for a break from dull articles, watch episodes of 30 Rock, an American sitcom that satirized the foibles of corporate culture within GE. But as the years passed, I worried. I consoled myself that at least I hadn’t chosen Enron as

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Published: Sep 1, 2023

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