The Helmsman of IBM – Sam Palmisano IBM just celebrated its 100th birthday in 2011. This huge business machine is still running well even more than that. According to Arie’s research, the average life expectancy of a multinational corporation-Fortune 500 or its equivalent-is between 40 and 50 years [4]. So what makes IBM survive and succeed? The answer is that IBM has excellent leaders especially Sam Palmisano.
Staffing Plan Paper Magdy Joseph Zakhary MGT 431 May 29th, 2012 Linda Armstrong Staffing Plan Paper Pacific Gas & Electric (PG & E) has a stated goal of becoming the “Number one utility provider in the United States.” Currently employing approximately 20,000 personnel that take care of approximately 15 million customers throughout the utilities nearly 70,000 square miles of service territory, it would seem that PG & E is heading in that direction. The company is currently traded on the New York Stock Exchange and despite some public relations issues and a few minor operational concerns, is extremely profitable and stable. Anticipating, forecasting and planning for the various staffing needs for such a vital organization is a daunting task that falls upon the shoulders of Human Resources Senior Vice President John R. Simon. Mr. Simon, by trade, is a Lawyer, graduating from Georgetown University. Mr. Simon also holds a bachelor’s degree in Business from Colorado College.
My name is Leroy Jackson, consultant with Innovation Technology, Limited, a privately owned global marketing and advertising research company headquartered in New York City with subsidiaries on four continents. The company is actively engaged in more than ninety countries Innovation Technology is one of the world’s leading companies who provides marketing information. Clients include government agencies, banks, credit bureaus, private and public entities. The company specializes in the following areas: • Creates customized products and services • Designs Performance Management Software • Develops Predictable Analytics • Provides Complete Profiles of Customers, i.e., lifestyles, buying behaviors and attitudes • Gathers Research Insights About Customers’ Preferences and Wants • Provides Marketing Segmentation Services • Software technology available 24l7 • Availability of Professional Services/Consultants/Research and Development Teams • Provide Ideation and Evaluation Services The Problem: Chocoberry (CB) a major importer and processor of cacao beans have retained the services of Innovation Technology Limited. CB is facing a dilemma because the CEO wants new products that are healthier without straining relations with existing customers who made the CB wealthy.
It markets and distributes its products and services through original equipment manufacturers, distributors and resellers, as well as online. Board Members are elected every year using a majority vote system. Steve Ballmer has been Microsoft’s CEO since January 2000. Ballmer graduated from Harvard University in 1977, earning a Bachelors degree in mathematics and economics. Before working for Microsoft in 1980, he worked for two years as an assistant product manager at Procter & Gamble.
He quickly rose from associate to senior director and was in charge of the firm’s marketing practice. While he was working with the company, PepsiCo recruited him to become its CEO where he later took over as the company’s president (Zakomurnaya, p.1). During Mr. Pearson’s 15 year employment with PepsiCo, he earned the distinction from Fortune magazine as being one of the “ten toughest bosses” (Dorsey p.1). His leadership style at this point in his career used weapons such as fear, surprise, and a sincere devotion to numbers: this was an effective style that drove revenues from $1 billion all the way to $8 billion (Dorsey, p.1). Pearson was once described as “brutally abrasive” because of the relentless demands that he bestowed upon people.
Lastname, First Teacher Class Date Chuck Norris, author Chuck Norris is one of the most popular actors in the world. Chuck Norris has starred in more than 20 major motion pictures, a television series “Walker, Texas Ranger which ran eight full seasons, seen in more than 80 countries worldwide, ranking as one of the top U.S. shows in both sales and audience. (Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia) As a New York Times best-selling author, Chuck Norris also has penned books of fiction, autobiography, and is a columnist with the popular Internet column WorldNetDaily.com. Norris’ commentaries have become so widely read that he was signed recently by Los Angeles-based Creators Syndicate to market his column to newspapers across the country. Born March 10, 1940 in Ryan, Oklahoma as Carlos Ray Norris to parents Wilma and Ray Norris.
What is the professional background of Lou Gerstner? It there any personal information or experience that led to his passion for managing diversity? Louis Gerstner was born in Mineola, Long Island. He graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth in 1963 with a degree in engineering. He went to Harvard Business School and received his M.B.A. in 1965.
He retired from Caterpillar in October 2010 (Forbes, 2011). Purpose Caterpillar is an international global leader in designing and building machinery and engines and in providing financial and logistics services. As of December 31 2010, Caterpillar employed 104 490 people in six continents in approximately 60 countries. With 42.5 billion dollars of sales and revenues and 38.6 billion in operating costs (10 2k, 2010), Caterpillar is not only a leader in its industry but also a leader in the
GM has led in global sales for 77 years in a row (1911-2009) longer than any other automaker and does business in more than 130 countries. They employ well over 200 thousand people in all parts of the world. Making suck models as Cadillac, GMC, Buick, and many other models. After, filing Chapter 11 we will see if GM still remains a top 10 Fortune 500 company(currently ranked 6 as of 2009) because of the recent economic conditions that the United States are facing. He is the rightful person that stirred the company in the right way so that the company could out of the filing of Chapter 11.
In 1989, Stephen Covey published his most popular book, “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.” The book has sold over 15 million copies, and is the highest selling non-fiction audio book in history[3]. In 2002, Forbes named the book one of the top ten most influential management books ever and a survey conducted by Chief Executive Magazine found it to be one of the two most influential business books of the twentieth century[4]. The 7 Habits discussed in his book have become a mantra in effective living- both in personal and professional aspects of life. While pursuing his doctorate, Covey studied literature on success and leadership