Letter to BS: Jack Welch's contribution to HR management will be remembered

The performance appraisal system (2X2 Matrix) introduced by him made ethical grounding more important than outstanding performance

Apropos the report “Wall Street darling, management guru who remade GE, dies at 84” (March 3), Jack Welch would also be remembered for his co­ntribution to the field of hu­man resource management. The performance appraisal sy­stem (2X2 Matrix) introdu­ced by him (which rates em­ployees on the basis of achieving corporate goals while adhering to the value system of the compa­nies) made ethical grounding more important than outsta­nding performan­ce. While an employee high in value but poor in performance would be retained and trained, the one with high performance but low in value would have to leave. He gave a push