I. Current Situation (1991-1993) 1. History of IBM: IBM is a multinational corporation that started its activities in 1911. But its origins can be traced back to 1890‚ during the height of the Industrial Revolution. It was first known as the Computing-Recording Company‚ and then in 1924‚ it took the name of International Business Machines. Nowadays‚ this multinational company is known as the ¡§Big Blue¡¨ 2. Mission statement IBM main activity is to find solutions to its wide range of clients
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IBM’s Decade of Transformation: Turnaround to Growth Case I – 1 (Applegate et al. Textbook p5-38) Material IBM’s Decade of Transformation case study Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to your advantage (http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5636.html). Assignment Questions: What factors led to IBM’s success during the 1960s and 1970s and its problems during the late 1980s and early 1990s? What did Gerstner do when he assumed the role of CEO in April 1993? Evaluate Gerstner’s approach to crisisa
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Section 1: IBM is a public company which operates in the industries of computer hardware‚ software and IT services. It is a large American multination corporation with headquarters in Armonk‚ NY. The IBM Corporation grew out of a merger between three companies and created a long history of innovation. On June 16‚ 1911 Charles Ranlett Flint forms the Computing-TabulatingRecording Company as a merger between the Tabulating Machine Company‚ the International Time Recording Company and the Computing
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International Business Machines‚ abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue"‚ is a multinational computer technology and IT consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk‚ New York‚ United States. The company is one of the few information technology companies with a continuous history dating back to the 19th century. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software (with a focus on the latter)‚ and offers infrastructure services‚ hosting services‚ and consulting services in areas ranging from
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1890-1938: The early years IBM was incorporated in the state of New York on June 15‚ 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company. But its origins can be traced back to 1890‚ during the height of the Industrial Revolution‚ when the United States was experiencing waves of immigration. The U.S. Census Bureau knew its traditional methods of counting would not be adequate for measuring the population‚ so it sponsored a contest to find a more efficient means of tabulating census data. The
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The culture values of Thomas Watson which made IBM corp. adopt were “THINK” and “Professionalism” in order to inspire and motivate staff‚ work hard and adhere to high ethical standards which were defining attributes for American professionalism. “Job security” was also a main value of IBM Corp. offering lifetime employment guarantees for its employees in order to show loyalty and motivate them in offering good services. These values not only made IBM one of the most stable and profitable company
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Front cover IBM IT Governance Approach Business Performance through IT Execution Optimizing business performance through IT strategy‚ goals‚ and objectives Enabling and empowering people to deliver strategic business value Automating IT governance with IBM Rational software Lynn Mueller Matthew Magee Petr Marounek Andrew Phillipson ibm.com/redbooks International Technical Support Organization IBM IT Governance Approach: Business Performance through IT Execution February
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History of IBM From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search It has been suggested that Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation be merged into this article or section. (Discuss) Proposed since May 2011. This article appears to be written like an advertisement. Please help improve it by rewriting promotional content from a neutral point of view and removing any inappropriate external links. (January 2012) International Business Machines‚ abbreviated IBM and nicknamed
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IBM Case Study 1. What factors led to IBM’s success during the 1960s and 1970s and its problems during the late 1980s and early 1990s? Watson Jr. hit a home run when he invested $5 billion to develop the System/360 computer family‚ which utilized an integrated semiconductor chip and modular components. Taking full advantage of this innovative momentum‚ IBM debuted other products during that time which enabled the company to rise to the top of the IT industry. These products included hard and floppy
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customers) - Right investment to S/360 - Success of PC - Great reputation -> attract top talent Factors led to its problems during the late 1980 and earry1990s: - Did not keep in touch with customers - Didn’t understand market need (fewer purchase IBM mainframes) - Marketing effort missed the mark - Turf battles between autonomous divisions - Spending too much on fixed cost (building‚ data processing cost‚ ..) - Management IT problems such as poor internal IT problems - Products complexity and
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