Learning outcome (LO1): Understand the relationship between organizational structure and culture. Deadline: Saturday – Oct‚ 26th 2013 Task-1 1.1-Evaluate‚ analyze‚ compare and contrast the structure and culture for both organizations: Toyota and Google. Guidelines of task-1: 1. Draw the organizational structures for both organizations - You should be able to see the differences of the two organizational structures: Tall and short hierarchical structure‚ narrow and wide span of management‚ specialization
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characterized by a highly integrated vertical structure. In contrast to the model that has been adopted by competing international corporations‚ the Group handles all the processes required in the apparel industry—design‚ production‚ logistics‚ distribution to retail outlets—on its own. This model is based on a desire for structural flexibility and a belief that the customer should come first in every aspect of the company ’s operations. The main elements of this vertical structure can be seen in the retail
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Google is one of the most well known company. Named for the mathematical term "googol‚" It began as a research project in 1996 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. (http://www.google.com/about/company/ ) At that time‚ both of them are PHD students in Stanford University. After years developing‚ Google is extremely successful.Today‚ Google operates web sites at many international domains‚ with the most trafficked being www.google.com. Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally
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Google upholds the position as the dominant search engine in the world‚ with 65 percent of the total search market‚ according to Hitwise. To maintain Google’s competitive advantage‚ the company has developed an infrastructure that guarantees a fast and efficient search engine‚ as well as branching out their efforts in other directions beyond search. Let’s first examine the speed of an average Google search. Any random search takes between 0.06 to 0.12 seconds (Gigaom). Google’s competitive edge
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higher profits. 2. What are the various directions for innovation to take? Can a mature firm in a stagnant industry pursue innovation? How successful is this likely to be? The search for new opportunities can be desirable for any industry or firm. For Google innovative thinking is very
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early search engines in accuracy‚ just as Google did. Google’s original home page was almost as revolutionary as PageRank‚ simply because it was…simple. Not much more than a logo‚ a text field‚ a Search button‚ and and I’m Feeling Lucky one. It was a major part of why Google took off originally‚ and while nearly every major search engine ended up shamlessly copying it‚ I think it’s possible that nobody else would have been daring enough to try it. Once Google had been successful with Web search‚ it
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ingrained in all fields: business‚ government‚ economic‚ social. Google began in 1996 as a project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Larry and Sergey were both studying at Stanford University California. In their research project they came up with a plan to make a search engine that ranked websites according to the number of other websites that linked to that site (and ultimately came up with the Google we have today). Before Google‚ search engines had ranked sites simply by the number of times the
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How is Zara organized with respect to its vertical integration and outsourcing decisions? What governance structure does it appear to follow? Support your conclusions with reference to details of the Zara and the Ferdows reading. Zara manufactures and distributes its products in small batches. Zara is vertically integrated as the company manages all design‚ warehousing‚ distribution and logistic functions. Zara outsources sewing of garments to an outside supplier. Zara controls the product it
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Google‚ Apple‚ and Microsoft Struggle for your Internet Experience 1. Compare the business models and areas of strength of Apple‚ Google‚ and Microsoft. Although they have different business models and strategies‚ Apple‚ Google and Microsoft are three major companies who seek to dominate the internet user’s experience. They come to the platform with their own proprietary strengths. In looking at business models‚ Apple’s business model focuses on the consumer and bringing them a personalized
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June 2013 I chose the Google Company as my topic because I like what I read about what the Company offers to its employees. Fortune magazine named Google one of the best one hundred companies to work for. The many perks that this company gives are over whelming. It’s so great to see a company that is so good to its employees. Not too many companies can do that today or really want too. A happy worker is a productive worker. The facts are in that more computer users use Google computer search engine
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