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Crotonville: Revolutionizing GE’s culture, strategy and leadership

By Shlomo Ben-Hur and Bernard J. Jaworski

14 pages

July 2018

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This case overviews the significant redesign of the flagship leadership programs at GE’s world-renowned corporate university (Crotonville). The trigger for the redesign was the shift in GE’s strategy – to become the dominant digital industry company. The case reviews the key design decisions for the three executive leadership programs – EDC, BMC and MDC. learning objective: The key learning objective is to examine the “fit” of how to design learning programs to “fit” the strategy of the firm.

Keywords

Human Resources, Corporate Academy, Corporate University, Program for Executive Development, Executive Education

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United States of America
General Electric
2016-2017

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Field Research

Available Languages

English

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