1. IBM as a product centric organization before its near failure was a bloated organization with 400 000 employees heavily invested in low margin‚ transactional‚ commodity-based businesses. As technology progressed‚ the demand for IBM’s inventions began to diminish. The entire organizational structure was also growing redundant‚ making it more challenging to face off competition from smaller and less diversified competitors. As Louis Gerstner‚ Jr embarked on turning the entire company around‚ there
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WHO ARE YOUR STAKEHOLDERS? WHAT ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARDS EACH OF THE STAKEHOLDERS? Groups / individuals that are affected by and/or have an interest in the operations and objectives of the business Most businesses have a variety of stakeholder groups which can be broadly categorised as follows: Stakeholder groups vary both in terms of their interest in the business activities and also their power to influence business decisions. Here is a useful summary: Stakeholder Main Interests
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http://www.studymode.com/essays/Case-Study-About-Ibm-1222250.html Component Check OBJECTIVES & STRATEGIES IBM is repositioning itself from a computer company to an information technology service company through a series of acquisitions and divestitures. Thirteen acquisitions of approximately $4.8 Billion were completed enabling IBM to expand its business. Since then IBM concentrated on becoming stronger in high-added businesses. It concentrates on development and manufacture of the advanced
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Martelli Shiyi Lu 18 Oct 2013 The company I chose is IBM. IBM ’s organizational structure is typical of multi-product or multi-business companies. In this article I will through three ways to analyze that company. There is company’s background‚ employment‚ issued facing the company. Background “Since its inception‚ IBM has been a company that defined itself not by particular products‚ technologies or leaders‚ but by persistent values.” (IBM‚ 2012) [1]. Throughout IBM’s 101 years development history:
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About ibm IBM is a global technology and innovation company that stands for progress. With operations in over 170 countries‚ IBMers around the world invent and integrate hardware‚ software and services to help forward-thinking enterprises‚ institutions and people everywhere succeed in building a smarter planet. IBM has been present in India since 1992. The diversity and breadth of the entire IBM portfolio of research‚ consulting‚ solutions‚ services‚ systems and software‚ uniquely distinguishes
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Steps in Identifying Stakeholders Identifying all of a firm’s stakeholders can be a daunting task. In fact‚ as we will note again shortly‚ a list of stakeholders that is too long actually may reduce the effectiveness of this important tool by overwhelming decision makers with too much information. To simplify the process‚ we suggest that you start by identifying groups that fall into one of four categories: organizational‚ capital market‚ product market‚ and social. Let’s take a closer look at
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Stakeholders As argued by Sharma & Starik (12) a stake holder is that which is affected by the operation of an organization entirely or can affect the organization directly. The organization can be of any kind meant to realize certain goals by the society. Stake holders are tenet to the development and performance of the organization without which the organization either cease or collapse completely. As such any organization must strive to identify its stakeholders and their specific needs
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Female CEO Biography Virginia (Ginni) Rometty‚ IBM CEO Abstract IBM recently promoted Virginia (Ginni) Rometty to its top leadership position. Ms. Rometty will become the first white female chief executive officer in the company’s 100-year history and every move she makes will be carefully watched. Rometty has truly earned this position and has an impressive history with IBM to show it. There are challenges ahead but Ms Rometty’s education‚ experience and determination will suit
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Lyanne V. CRUZIN‚ Richelle Ann DIA‚ Minette SACE‚ Carla I. Introduction IBM was founded in 1888 as Herman Hollerith and the Tabulating Machine. It was incorporated in 1911 as “Computing-Tabulating Recording Co.” The company later changed its name to International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation in 1924 after becoming a Fortune 500 Company. Also known as “Big Blue‚” IBM has won several accolades. It is known to have more patents than any other American technology company
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The story of IBM in India is surrounded by several myths and folklore‚ particularly relating to its infamous exit in 1978. George Fernandes‚ who was industry minister in the Janata government‚ is often credited for throwing out IBM over foreign exchange rules‚ but the trouble for IBM had started way back in 1967. It had a good run of the Indian market for two decades after its entry into India in 1951‚ facilitated by Jawaharlal Nehru himself. See: IBM’s 100-year journey‚ from clocks‚ scales
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