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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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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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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Review Paper Case IH MX 305 Jon Hansen When you see a Case IH 305 plowing in the field there is more than what meets the eye. First off most people just notice the red color and never give it a second look‚ but there are so many things that you are overlooking. The Case IH MX 305 Magnum is a powerful machine. It is the second biggest front wheel assist tractor in the Case IH line up. It has right around three hundred horsepower. It is a nice sized tractor that can do just about everything
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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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CASE 14-2: TRIGO EXPORT CO.‚ LTD. The pricing of products for export sale is covered here‚ with logistics practices and costs having considerable influence. Question 1: Ziola’s export packaging materials consisted of at least 40% recycled contents. Should this be mentioned in the quotation given to the potential Brazilian buyer? It would not hurt in case somebody reviewing the bid happened also to be interested in environmental protection. However‚ note that they are buying tractors to use in
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Strategic Management (Spring 2013) Case Analyses—Schedule‚ Format‚ and Required Items Per the syllabus‚ p. 4-5‚ you must submit three (3) written Case Analyses. Each of these case analyses (papers) is worth a maximum of 100 points. Below the cases are grouped into UNIT 1‚ UNIT 2‚ and UNIT 3 case options. You must complete one (1) case paper from EACH of these Units (3 case papers total). No late cases will be accepted for a grade. NOTE: The first case appearing on the Course Schedule (Feb
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