The extraordinary success of NUMMI over GM can be attributed to NUMMI becoming a learning organization‚ and bears evidence to Senge’s description on learning organizations. The words of Ray Stata “The rate at which organizations learn may become the only sustainable source of competitive advantage” ring true in every aspect in considering the NUMMI vs GM case. The following factors played a key role in developing a ‘generative’ learning approach in NUMMI‚ a key source of its competitiveness:
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Bibliography: Online Articles: 1. CNNMoney.com ‚ GM bankruptcy: End of an era‚ Chris Isidore. 2. en.wikipedia.org ‚ General Motors Chapter 11 reorganization. 3. en.wikipedia.org ‚ Effects of the 2008–2010 automotive industry crisis on the United States 4. www.economist.com‚ The collapse of General
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The Structure of a Business Decision Executive Summary The Nakamura Company of Kyoto‚ Japan is famous for making quality and for middle class lacquer containers for the daily table. The company started selling the product under the brand Chrysanthemum which eventually became the leader in the market. The product became famous with the American GI’s after the World War 2 back when Japan was under rehabilitation with assistance of the United States. Aside from the purchases made by the GI’s
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GM FOOD As the population in the world seems to be a huge serious problems‚ the demand on foods will be taken a very important role on solving this problems. Fortunately‚ biotechnological scientists had developed a technique which can modify organisms genetically (GMO). Genetically Modified Organisms are the process normally transferring genes‚ which were so-called DNA‚ between two species. Those organisms will be modified their genetic structure by using biotechnology. This technique can be used
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Introduction GM and Avto VAZ were sitting down to finally negotiate a deal that they had originally committed to in 1999‚ to jointly build and sell Chevrolets in the Russian market. This car market was expected to account for a significant share of global growth over the next decade. GM felt pressure to jump on board or miss the opportunity. Other auto makers were already on the move. Ford‚ Fiat and Daewoo were already exploring their own opportunities in Russian and GM did not want to be left
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Organization Technology and Organization Structure Lawrence B. Mohr This research paper examines the technology-structure dependence. Both subjective and objective data were used to explore the degree of relationship between the organizational technology and organizational structure. The analysis of various therories and the data given concludes that technology may be related to structure but not substantially. It is also unwise a priori to expect spans of control
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------------------------------------------------- GM crops: Promise and reality The introduction of the first transgenic plant 30 years ago heralded the start of a second green revolution‚ providing food to the starving‚ profits to farmers and environmental benefits to boot. Many GM crops fulfilled the promise. But their success has been mired in controversy with many questioning their safety‚ their profitability and their green credentials. A polarized debate has left little room for consensus
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GENERAL MOTORS BAILOUT PROBLEM Introduction Founded in 1908‚ General Motors has been one of the largest corporation and the second largest automaker in the world coming after Toyota. For 77 consecutive years from 1931 to 1908‚ GM has been a leading automaker and marketer as ranked by the total number of units sold yearly. General motors have also been a leading employer not only in the United States but also in other parts of the world where it operates. However‚ the company has been seriously
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modified food is a good example of such case. In the recent years‚ the production of genetically modified food have been on the rise. Almost everything we eat contain traces of GMOs- genetically modified organisms. According to the World Health Organization‚ GMOs are defined as “organisms in which the genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally”. Take corn as an example‚ majority of the food we find in supermarkets turn out to be 1 “clever rearrangements of corn”
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General Motors (GM) currently has approximately 90% of its information technology services outsourced‚ which include running data centers and writing applications. CIO Randy Mott‚ who joined GM in February 2012‚ wants to insource 90% of the company’s IT operations within the next three years. “GM has relied heavily on outsourcers to run its global IT. In 2006‚ for instance‚ the company announced it had signed outsourcing contracts valued at around $7 billion” (Thibodeau‚ 2012‚ para. six). According
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