REMAKING JC PENNEY’S ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE 1 Do you think JC Penney was justified in appointing Mike Ullman‚ an outsider‚ as CEO instead of Vanessa Castagna‚ considering that Castagna was instrumental in turning around JC Penney in the early 2000s? Soon afterwards‚ Castagna left the company. What are the pros and cons of “bringing in an outsider” and promoting from within”? Discuss too the impact of such decisions on the morale of the employees. JC Penney is a mid range chain
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Organizational Structure and Culture Introduction In order to understand and evaluate different business structures one must be aware of the exact meaning and standards‚ which make that structure. Different business function in different ways. The World today is full of innovative and new structures‚ company cultures and ways in which companies base their work. Globalization has emphasized the meaning of company culture in ways that have led to completely new ideas‚ while
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Culture and Communication Victor L. Henry COM/530 Communications for Accountants June 7‚ 2010 Carmen Andia Abstract Google is the leader in providing multiple forms of data access on the Internet. Information for many sources can be found at the click of a mouse. To archive and disseminate information‚ Google maintains an open organizational culture that allows sharing of data within the company to be quick‚ easy‚ and concise. Even when communication conflicts arise within the company
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Organizational Culture of Google Professor: Dr. Stephanie Hoon Strayer University BUS 520 Leadership and Organizational Behavior August 24‚ 2014 Introduction Sergey Brin and Larry Page who were PhD Students at Stanford University met in 1996 and they came up with the idea of starting a search engine that they named BackRub. However on 14th September 1997‚ the two students renamed this search engine to Google and in the year 1998 this organization was launched officially. The term Google was derived
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Google Most people know the name Google and know that it is a worldwide search engine. Larry Page and Sergey Brian founded Google in 1998. Their mission statement is “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” (McCracken‚ 2005‚ p. 1)Google is always trying to expand their databases and make as many resources available to as many people as they can without restrictions. Google lives by its motto “Don’t be evil” and expects employees in and out of work
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It’s really the people that make Google the kind of company it is. We hire people who are smart and determined‚ and we favor ability over experience. Although Googlers share common goals and visions for the company‚ we hail from all walks of life and speak dozens of languages‚ reflecting the global audience that we serve. And when not at work‚ Googlers pursue interests ranging from cycling to beekeeping‚ from frisbee to foxtrot. We strive to maintain the open culture often associated with startups
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power Span of control: -The number of dependents that a manager or controller can directly control. This number varies with the type of work: complex‚ variable work reduces it to six‚ whereas routine‚ fixed work increases it to twenty or more. -Management literature identifies various factors that cause span of control to differ among managers and in different organizations. For example‚ narrower spans of control are appropriate when the nature of work performed is complex‚ when organizational objectives
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Culture cannot be managed Organisations do not form accidentally. It is the result of the belief that a group of individuals working together can accomplish the task that one individual cannot and the work can be done faster and more effectively. The process of organisational culture formation is first of all the process of creating a small group of individuals. From the 1980s there was a great number of discussions of organisational culture as a "source of fresh air" and antidote to attributes
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Organisational Change Management * The Courthouse Hotel Case Study – Content 1. Introduction p.3 2. Background Information on the Courthouse Hotel p.4 3. Internal and external drivers for change p.5-6 –PEST and SWOT 4. The Courthouse Hotel: nature of change p.7 5. Reactions to change p.8-9 6. One approach to change management: p. 10- 12 The Courthouse Hotel 7. Conclusion
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Question: Can Organisational Culture be changed? Management within an organisation has the ability to re-shape‚ re-engineer‚ re-organise and change their organisation and organisational culture‚ the majority of organisation’s today‚ have the ability to change their culture‚ however‚ at the same time‚ it is a very difficult and demanding task. This is where the four main functions of managing come into play; planning‚ controlling‚ leading and organising. Robbins at al (2009‚ p.94) defines organisational
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