Managing Xerox’s Multinational Development Center Case Summary: This case describes a manager Clendenin’s use of the Multinational Development Center to enhance the efficiency of Xerox’s worldwide logistics and inventory management. He has done this though the development and implementation of a wide range of improvements in multinational computer and management systems. The case describes Clendenin’s multiple strategies for overcoming these difficulties. It Illustrates a range of management
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Index Q1: What kind of person does John Clendenin? 1. Communication 1.2. Capability 1.3. Networking Q2: What were Clendenin business objectives and personal objectives been at Xerox? 2.1. Business objective: 2.1.1.MDC 2.1.2.XEROX 2.2. Personal objective: Q3: What obstacles did he confront in accomplishing these objectives? 3.1. PEOPLE RELATED 3.1.1 STAFF-Downward Management 3.1.2. PEERS-Horizontal Management 3.1.3. BOSS-Upward Management 3.2. ORGANIZAITON RELATED 3.2.1. MULTI-REPORTING
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-1 Harvard B u s i n e s s School 9-490-029 Rev. June 18‚ 1993 Managing Xerox’s Multinational Development Center Those who worked with John Clendenin in Xerox’s building 214 in Rochester‚ NY and saw him walking down the hall after lunch on March 16‚ 1989‚ would not have noticed anything unusual. A &foot 2-inch‚ 250-pound black man with a shaved head and an athletic build‚ Clendenin was impressive enough in appearance. H e also dressed somewhat outside the Xerox norm: that day he
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Celia Aquilante-Rivera FIN630-1104A-07: Global Financial Management Managing Multinational Operations Individual Project 4 October 30‚ 2011 Abstract According to data collected by Doing Business‚ starting a business there requires 14 procedures‚ takes 38 days‚ costs 3.5% of income per capita and requires paid-in minimum capital of 100.4% of income per capita China’s new corporate income tax law unified the tax regimes for domestic and foreign enterprises and clarified the calculation
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1. What have John Clendenin’s objectives been at Xerox? Clendenin‚ when he was is Harvard Business School has set an objective that he had to be successful enough to be a corporate officer in a Fortune 50 corporation. Later‚ he wanted to land up to cabinet-level position in the government. The moment he joined Xerox he had developed an objective to climb the ladder of organisation and reach up to the high level staff within few years of time. Clendenin’s hard work and dedication and also proposing
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assalamualaikum‚ One of the common challenges faced by Malaysian multinational company is cultural diversity. Culture is the learned‚ shared way of doing things in a particular society. It is the way‚ for example in which its member eat‚ dress‚ greet and treat one another‚ teach their children‚ solve everyday problems‚ and so on ( Schermerhorn‚ Hunt‚ Osborn 2003). Cultural diversity in workplace refers to the range of differences between individuals in an organization. It affects the way in
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Strategic Mistakes by Xerox CEO "Xerox: The Copier Company" epitomizes one of the greatest strategic blunders in the history of high technology corporations. The legacy of C. Peter McColough’s tenure as CEO at Xerox was that he gave away the future of the company while he was at the helm. When McColough took over the reins of Xerox in 1968‚ Xerox was fully enjoying the 40-45% growth in their 80% copier dominated market share. McColough had the vision to see that in the office of the future‚ information
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The Xerox Corporation The Xerox Corporation was incorporated ion April 18‚ 1906. The corporation is highly multinational oriented and is divided into four major segments; Document processing‚ insurance‚ third-party financing‚ and finally investment banking services. Xerox corporation operates in the Western hemisphere‚ while its subsidiaries‚ Rank Xerox Ltd.‚ operates in Europe‚ and Fuji Xerox which is responsible for the corporation’s operations in Pacific nations. Before the 1970’s Xerox pretty
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Problem Summary John Clendenin is at a career crossroads. While he has achieved swift advancement in a relatively short amount of time at Xerox‚ he is now faced with role options that appear‚ prima facie‚ to be lateral in nature. Clendenin’s boss‚ Fred Hewitt has made two clear offers to Clendenin: remain as head of Xerox’s Multinational Development Center (MDC) with a two-year commitment‚ or transition to a staff support position on Hewitt’s staff. While Clendenin’s success and ascension
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TUGAS SISTEM PENGENDALIAN MANAJEMEN SOAL 1-4 Nama perusahaan : XEROX 1. Ringkasan dari sistem Pengendalian XEROX System pengendalian manajemen dimulai dari proses perencanaan masing-masing unit operasi dalam sebuah divisi bisnis atau divisi operasi konsumen dan mengembangkan rencana-rencana tahunan dan jangka panjangnya. Melalui LTQ (Leadership Through Quality) dan tolak ukur kompetitif manajemen melakukan ukuran-ukuran operasional seperti pangsa pasar‚ kepuasan konsumen dan berbagai statistika
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