The acquisition of NeXT brought back Steve Jobs and his operating system he developed at NeXT step. This operating system was to become the basis for the new operating system for Apple computers. The resignation of Gil Amelio was where the change at Apple really begins. The empty CEO seat helped Jobs obtain an expanded role and eventually become the latest CEO of Apple Inc. Jobs dove in head first and immediately the changes were felt throughout the company. Decisions needed to be made quickly and Steve Jobs was the man to make them in order to turn the company he started around.
A lot was learned about the technology and the feasibility of market inception. Money was made, but nowhere near the earning potential. When Trexel was first emerging into the market, Bernstein envisioned MuCell going from lab to production. This required Trexel to recruit skilled engineers and management team, and changing the current business model. This is when the long term development plan or three pronged business strategy was enacted.
What was he trying to achieve in the round of changes he put in motion in that period? Is there a logic or rational supporting the change process? Welch’s objective in the series of initiative he launched in the late 1980’s and 1990’s was to get rid of businesses that were not top performers while purchasing businesses that were top performers in order to make GE business a world leader in their industries. In 1983 Welch broke the diverse GE divisions into three categories: core, high-technology, and services. The main concern of the core business was “reinvesting in productivity and quality”.
Corporate and Business Strategy: Team Case 2 Date: 3/8/2009 Re: Competitor Analysis: Wal-Mart Company and Dell After a thorough analysis focusing on key strategies of Wal-Mart and Dell, which are outlined in the following pages, our final conclusion is that many of their competitive advantages cannot be easily replicated. However, several of their successful strategies outlined below could be implemented to help make XYZ companies more profitable. Matching Dell Between 1994 and 1998, Dell Computer Corporation grew twice as fast as major competitors in the personal computer market. Dell achieved this feat by successfully implementing the “Direct Model,” a strategy relying on the direct delivery of customized PC’s at a relatively low price. Competitors quickly recognized Dell’s success; however, none were able to successfully restructure their operations to reach the profit levels that Dell achieved.
The World is Flat Critique In the World is Flat by Thomas Friedman, he initiates that globalization, politics and technology are changing the world. He believes that the change begun within the last couple of years and will continue to expand. In his book, he clearly is warning that America is not ready for it and gives examples on how instead of fighting it, Americans should embrace it. He noticed the global economy changes happening “while he was sleeping” or right before his eyes could see in Bangalore, India. Friedman seems very knowledgeable in his findings, persuasive and passionate about his work.
MIS309 Homework-Assignment 1 1. Apple achieved business success through information-Steve Jobs had a product idea but then he realized it was the wrong path by studying what people were doing and using. He took that information and knowledge and developed something better. Information technology-by working with creative, innovated, competent people who are experienced in writing code and people who watch out for trends in new gadgets and are able to come up with competitive new technologies. People-Apple studies their consumers to find their wants, he surrounded his company with creative, innovated employees who could fulfill those customer wants, and he has built a successful brand that has customers returning to buy Apple products.
(1) Please identify and BRIEFLY explain the challenges faced by Fortune when he assumed his role. These should include but are not limited to the several specific differences in "organizational culture" between HI and RDH (former) management. Please make sure that you include these cultural differences. When Fortune first took over the position as GM of RDH, the biggest challenge in front of him was to transform a large group of relaxed family-based employees, working under an ad-hoc management style, into a professional group of dynamic employees operating within a structured international organizational culture. And in the transform process, there are many other challenges including: • How to get rid of the pervious guanxi networks over the employees and choose the best employees to remain at the hotel and then train them into professional to meet the HI’s world-class standard.
Case Study 1: And the Fraud Continues 1. Discuss the internal control weaknesses that existed at MCI that contributed to the commission of this fraud. The internal control weaknesses that existed within the MCI Corporation that contributed to the perpetration of the fraud committed by Walt Pavlo were present long before he began working for the corporation. Walt Pavlo, who holds an engineering degree from West Virginia University, as well as an MBA from Stetson School of Business at Mercer University began his career at MCI began in 1992, as a manager in the collections division. Due to the fact that telecommunications companies and long-distance carriers existed in an infantile state and the operations of these companies were complicated, the doors were wide open for motivated, driven personnel to build operation procedures as they saw fit.
But the truth was he didn’t know how to get the faltering P&G back on track but then he manages to turn P&G into an operations and innovation powerhouse. Lafley helped guide P&G out of what we consider to be the firm's darkest hour in mid-2000, when the company was caught in an organizational transformation that had gone off the rails. He helped refocus the firm on what it knows best--the consumer--and on what it does best: build great brands and innovative products. Determined to create a more outwardly focused and flexible company, Lafley broke down the walls between management and the employees, and made drastic changes in the organizational structure and workforce of the company. He identified a serious slump in baby-care product sales as evidence of failure to delight consumers.
Musk was a risk taker and took an even bigger risk by launching a company his brother Kimbal called zip2 using $28,000 of their father’s money and funds from angel investor the two brothers took advantage of a growing new enterprise called the Internet. Is it made to take advantage of what the internet can offer and Musks’ Company developed online city guides for newspaper publishers. Before long it had won the contracts of some of the biggest players in the newspaper industry such as The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune. But there was tension, Musk wanted to be CEO, but the board stood firm against the move. In 1999 right before the dot com bubble was about to burst.