IBM ANALYSIS PURPOSE In the following paper I am going to analyze the case about “IBM” and how the company changed its structure in order to develop innovative products and manage successfully its new business as well. In particular IBM moved from a bureaucratic structure with an inflexible hierarchy to a divisional structure that allowed the company to pursue emerging business opportunities and at the same time continue to develop businesses were mature and well established‚ and business were
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In IBM: * Early 1990’s: decentralized geographic and functional departments * Mid-late 1990’s: Distribution and logistics functions centralized into a global organization with world-wide responsibility * Early 2000’s: merger of Customer Fulfillment‚ Procurement‚ Manufacturing‚ and Global Logistics/Distribution functions into a new global Integrated Supply Chain function * Result: cost savings of $5.6B in 2002 and $7B in 2003 * A Case study on IBM * IBM developed
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IBM: The Corporate Service Corps Group 3: Flora‚ Mark‚ Tom‚ Larry‚ Peter July 2012 Content 1. Case Introduction 2. Questions and Answers 3. Summary 4. Take away 1. Case Introduction 1.1Background: International Business Machines‚ abbreviated IBM‚ is a multinational computer technology and IT consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk‚ New York‚ United States. The company is one of the few information technology companies with a continuous history dating back to
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BUSINESS MACHINES (IBM) 2 IMPORTANCE OF HISTORY IN MANAGEMENT 3 THE IMPORTANCE OF TECHNOLOGY IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 4 JOHN AKERS WAS A PRACTITIONER OF SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT 5 HOW BUREAUCRACY IN IBM RESULTED TO INEFFICIENCY 7 HENRI FAYOL’S PHILOSOPHY 10 THE MAIN LEADERSHIP PROBLEMS IN IBM 13 OTHER MANAGEMENT ISSUES/LESSONS IN THE CASE 15 SIMILAR CASE – UCHUMI SUPERMARKET 16 SUMMARY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES (IBM) In the early 1900s
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going to analyse in areas of accommodating cultural diversity in IBM and developing trust in the organisation. IBM is a head leader technology and services organisation working in 77 countries. The connection of the paper to IBM is just an outsider who made researches externally. The paper will be analysing what the expectation of organisation to be managed in those two areas based on literature review‚ then they are followed by how IBM actually managed. The differences between the theory and IBM’s
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Diversity at IBM IBM Who we are IBM is a leading technology and services organisation of nearly 400‚000 highly skilled professionals working in 170 countries‚ helping to solve some of the world’s biggest problems. More about us IBM has a long history of commitment to diversity and has consistently taken the lead on diversity policies long before it was required by law. A workplace that includes everyone and excludes no one. This means we create a safe environment where each individual is valued
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customers) - Right investment to S/360 - Success of PC - Great reputation -> attract top talent Factors led to its problems during the late 1980 and earry1990s: - Did not keep in touch with customers - Didn’t understand market need (fewer purchase IBM mainframes) - Marketing effort missed the mark - Turf battles between autonomous divisions - Spending too much on fixed cost (building‚ data processing cost‚ ..) - Management IT problems such as poor internal IT problems - Products complexity and
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“Leadership‚ Change and Growth: CIO as a driver of business at IBM” Dr Shaobo Ji Sohaib Amjad Sn#100616776 Abstract: The case study analyses the evolving role of CIO at IBM as a driver of growth and change within the organization. It makes an attempt to first describe 2 key challenges facing a CIO working for a “smart” and integrated enterprise and ends by making recommendations which can serve as a blue print not only for IBM but for any organization looking to use IT as a primary source
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Statements 17 1. Scope of the Analysis 17 2. Examining Credit Worthiness of IBM 17 2.1.1. Short Term Paying Ability 17 2.1.2. Long Term Solvency 22 3. Examining IBM Stock as a Investment Opportunity 23 Part 3: Conclusion 25 References 27 Appendix 1: Calculations for Financial Analysis 28 Part 1: Qualitative Analysis 1. Company Profile International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)‚ founded in 1911‚ is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation
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Case Study: The Evolving Strategy at IBM IBM was a strong company in the 1970’s but as time went by‚ the company culture failed to keep up with the time‚ focusing on consensus decision making. Strong Culture throughout the 1970’s allowed them to be successful‚ add values in consensus decision making and allows everyone to add input. Eventually they were able to comeback. On the other hand‚ they failed to keep with the times; company has history of slow confrontation of new technological approaches
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