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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which aspect of GE's business is most successful in India?
(a) Financial services.
(b) Appliances.
(c) Medical systems.
(d) Lighting.

2. In the Epilogue, what does Jack once again stress as important to growing a business?
(a) Globalization.
(b) Increasing pay.
(c) Reducing waste.
(d) Customer service.

3. Which business complements GE in various areas, but does not have products that directly overlap?
(a) British Airways.
(b) Samsung.
(c) Phillips.
(d) Honeywell.

4. What does Jack want to take out of the process of selecting a successor?
(a) Politics and temptation.
(b) Politics and insecurity.
(c) Politics and divisiveness.
(d) Politics and bribery.

5. To what does Jack compare his first 10 years as CEO?
(a) War.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Primary school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which India-based company becomes a GE partner in developing low-end, low-cost medical systems products?

2. How do local utility engineers use GE's power systems home pages?

3. Which three TV shows turn around the entertainment sector of the GE-owned company?

4. What is GE's only truly global business in the 1980s?

5. To what is part of GE's annual $50 billion in goods and services transferred?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Jack's predictions about business with China?

2. Briefly, why is Honeywell a good business for GE to buy?

3. Briefly tell how employee surveys change GE in the mid 1990s and what results from the surveys.

4. Briefly explain how Jack decides to compete with the Japanese.

5. Who is Jack's successor and where is he introduced?

6. How does e-business change the role of a GE salesperson?

7. How does Jack improve his golf game?

8. As Jack reflects on his GE career, what qualities does he consider to be successful in business?

9. When does Jack begin the search for his successor, and how does he want to change the process of finding the company's next CEO?

10. What does Jack tell General Electric employees in his final farewell address to them?

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