COLVIN, Geoffrey <br/><br/>
How General Eletric planned the succession 

 -  2001 
<br/><br/> General Eletric broke many established rules on succession planning in the painstaking searck for a new CEO. This article examines how they went about appointing Jeffrey R. Immelt to one of the biggest jobs in business, and why more traditional practices were considered inadequate 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>General Eletric<br/>Succession Planning<br/>Top Management