Enterprise Introduction Framed by the year 2009‚ the International Business Machines Corporation (hereafter IBM) aims at becoming a ‘globally-integrated enterprise’ and is therefore facing the act of balancing between being deeply connected (in order to provide value for customers and society) and yet above the fray (to avoid divisive controversies). Over its nearly 100 year history‚ IBM moved from international (exporting form the U.S.) to multi-national (with subsidiaries in many countries) to
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Lotus and IBM Knowledge Management Strategy An Overview September 2000 A Lotus Development Corporation White Paper Copyright 2000 Lotus Development Corporation. All rights reserved. Not for reproduction or other use without express written consent of Lotus Development Corporation Table of Contents The Dynamics of Knowledge Management People‚ Places & Things The Raven Development Project Implementation Scenario Conclusion White Paper Description This overview describes the Lotus
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BUSINESS MACHINES (IBM) 2 IMPORTANCE OF HISTORY IN MANAGEMENT 3 THE IMPORTANCE OF TECHNOLOGY IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 4 JOHN AKERS WAS A PRACTITIONER OF SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT 5 HOW BUREAUCRACY IN IBM RESULTED TO INEFFICIENCY 7 HENRI FAYOL’S PHILOSOPHY 10 THE MAIN LEADERSHIP PROBLEMS IN IBM 13 OTHER MANAGEMENT ISSUES/LESSONS IN THE CASE 15 SIMILAR CASE – UCHUMI SUPERMARKET 16 SUMMARY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES (IBM) In the early 1900s
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IBM ANALYSIS PURPOSE In the following paper I am going to analyze the case about “IBM” and how the company changed its structure in order to develop innovative products and manage successfully its new business as well. In particular IBM moved from a bureaucratic structure with an inflexible hierarchy to a divisional structure that allowed the company to pursue emerging business opportunities and at the same time continue to develop businesses were mature and well established‚ and business were
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IBM Corporation In the seven years (since 1994)‚ that Lou Gerstner has reigned over IBM‚ the company’s earnings per share have increased an average of 27% per year. This remarkable increase in earnings‚ has not gone unnoticed by the securities markets. Indeed‚ the company’s market value has grown from less than $30 billion to over $200 billion during this period. Use the following financial statement data to: 1. Decompose IBM’s ROE and discuss the factors (and trends) that contribute to Big Blue’s
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Case Analysis Questions: 1) Identify the problems confronting McDonald’s U.K. and list them from the most to the least critical .For each problem identified‚ explain your reasoning. 2) Some problems you identified in Question 1 may require a ‘quick fix’ in the short run‚ while others may require a major shift in company strategy. Assuming that you cannot focus on all the problems at once‚ suggest the order in which the issues should be addressed and suggest an approach to solving each problem
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2010 Analysis of Life-Cycle of IBM OCTOBER 23‚ 2010 IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COURSE "ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR - II" OF MBA (FULL TIME) SUBMITTED TO: Prof. Harismita Trivedi and Prof. Sari Mattila Submitted By: Group No. 43 Saurabh Shrivastava – 101143 Rohit Adukia – 101243 Roshni Kumar – 101343 Table of Contents 1. CURRENT SCENARIO 1 2. HISTORY OF IBM 2 2.1 The Origin of IBM 2 2.2 IBM’s Early Growth 4 2.3 IBM post World War II and rise of
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Case Study: The Evolving Strategy at IBM IBM was a strong company in the 1970’s but as time went by‚ the company culture failed to keep up with the time‚ focusing on consensus decision making. Strong Culture throughout the 1970’s allowed them to be successful‚ add values in consensus decision making and allows everyone to add input. Eventually they were able to comeback. On the other hand‚ they failed to keep with the times; company has history of slow confrontation of new technological approaches
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Opportunities The major opportunities for IBM come with the frequent changes in technology. In a technologically driven society‚ new products are launched frequently. These open new markets for the corporation to develop and thus increase revenues. As it has huge strength in its innovation and development the opportunity is rife for IBM to enter these markets. Threats The main threats to IBM are its competitors and the industry IBM is in. As with the growth of any industry‚ the competition seems
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IBM - SWOT Analysis Strengths Since IBM was founded in 1896‚ it has gone through a very long experience in the technological industry with a very strong brand name. The company has a wide range of products to appeal and attract different customer needs and to maintain its competitive position. IBM in 2009 was considered as one of the largest and most profitable computer services company in the world with a market capital of about $119 billion and 319‚000 employees speeded in 150 countries around
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