General Electric Co. CEO John Flannery has big changes in mind for the way the company operates, including shifting more of GE’s decision-making responsibility from its Boston headquarters to individual business units, he said Friday.
Flannery outlined his vision for a new operational system for GE (NYSE: GE) during its first-quarter earnings call. GE’s earnings topped estimates, sending its share price up by 4.65 percent Friday and giving the company a jolt of good news in a year that has been…