APPEX CORPORATION Background Appex Corporation’s business is supplying management information systems and intercarrier network services to various cellular phone companies. In 1986‚ Appex entered this fast-growing market as a very small organization. Between 1986 and 1990‚ revenues grew 1600%. Similar growth was also seen inside the company as the number of employees rose from 26 to 180 between 1988 and 1990. Due to the relative youth of both cellular phone technology and Appex‚ the company
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APPEX CORPORATION 14P087 14P088 14P091 14P102 14P105 14P110 Presented by: Mohana Kodipaka Mukul Panchineni Nidhi Kumar Sameer Jain Jaideep Sarnaik Srijan Bhatnagar COMPANY BACKGROUND MAY 1988 Appex Inc. LCC APPEX CORPORATION APPEX CORPORATION = APPEX INC. MIS for cellular MIS for cellular industry and credit industry scoring system for financial serviceand credit scoring companies system for financial service companies LCC Design and engineering of cellular radio network for cellular companies
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Appex Corporation Overview In 1988 Appex Corporation was a relatively small entrepreneurial company‚ with loose structure and started to lose money. As a result‚ Appex has spent the last 3 years developing and trying out new organizational structures as it changes from a small organization of only 25 employees to a large one which is estimated to be growing by 50% every six months. In order to do this they have recruited Shikhar Ghosh to the position of COO with the promise of the CEO position
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Organization Management “Appex Corporation” Presentation “Appex Corporation” – Group B21 – October 14‚ 2013 Agenda 1 Background Information 2 1.1 Appex Corporation 2 1.2 Shikhar Ghosh 3 1.3 Appex Issue (1988) 4 2 Ghosh’s Callenges 5 3 Implemented Structures 6 3.1 Circular Structure 6 3.2 Horizontal Structure 7 3.3 Hierarchical & functional Structure 8 3.4 Product Team Structure 9 3.5 Divisional Structure
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1) Based on the case‚ we can easily identify strengths and weaknesses of each structural form for Appex Corporation. Specifically we denote 7 phases: start-up‚ circular‚ horizontal‚ functional‚ product teams‚ business teams‚ divisions. The start-up (informal) stage took place between 1986 and 1987 when the company could count less than 30 employees. The company structure was characterized by fluidity and simplicity‚ strongly relying on informal relationships. The positive side of this stage includes:
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and where there is a stable demand for the product or service. Appex Corporation offers two clearly defined lines of products – Intercarrier Services (ICS) and Cellular Management Information Systems (IS) – which experience steady demands from a broad range of customers. Also‚ it holds long-lasting contracts with these large-scale customers in North America‚ further stabilizing Appex’s position in the environment. In such a case‚ Appex would fare well by adopting a mechanistic or bureaucratic structure
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1. What were the challenges that Appex CEO Shikhar Ghosh faced when he joined Appex? Mr. Ghosh faced a very chaotic situation when employees don’t know the roll in the company‚ poor planning‚ no accountability and hierarchic. Why “structure and control” were deemed necessary? Structure and control are one of the basic and more important function for a company. In this case you see the lack of control when employees supposed to show to work at 8:00 A.M. and shows at 10:00 A.M. creating problems
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Appex Corporation Under the leadership of Shikhar Ghosh‚ Appex Corporation has undergone several significant structural changes in order to cater to its rapid growth in the past three years. Each of these structural changes just generally improved the operating performance of Appex Corporation for a short period of time‚ ultimately each different structure has generated a new set of barriers and problems that constrained the innovation‚ performance and growth of the company. Based on the changes
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MEM 6970 Engineering Management Problems Assignment 2 Ileana Rodriguez January 27‚ 2013 “Appex Corp.” 1. What were the challenges that Appex CEO Shikhar Ghosh faced when he joined Appex? Why were “structure and control” deemed necessary? Following were the challenges which Ghosh faced when he joined Appex: * The organization was initially small and the decision-making was centralized among the key executives. All other employees were only involved in developing and selling products
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McDonald’s Corporation Case Analysis Name left out BUSN 412 Business Policy July 27‚ 2008 CASE ANALYSIS MCDONALD’S CORPORATION COMPANY NAME: McDonald’s Corporation INDUSTRY: Fast Food COMPANY WEB SITE: http://www.McDonald’s.com/corp.html COMPANY BACKGROUND: The first McDonald’s was built in 1940 by the brothers Dick and Mac McDonald. In 1954 Ray Kroc became the first franchisee appointed by Mac and Dick McDonald in San Bernardino‚ California. The following year‚ 1955‚ Kroc opened his
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