ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR (MGT 700) GROUP ASSIGNMENT CASE STUDY : XEROX NORAZENI BINTI AHMAD KAMARUZAMAN 2013251298 NOOR ZURA WATI BINTI AHMAD 2013671988 AZATUL KAMARUL ARIFFIN BIN HASSAN 2013620482 EXECUTIVE MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION OCTOBER 2013 QUESTION 1 Q. How would Xerox define diversity? Xerox is the world’s largest technology and services company in the computer that specialized in document management with recent annual revenue of $21.6
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Paper The article “How Ursula Burns Reinvented Xerox” is extremely informative and gave me an outlook on how major businesses operate in society. It was interesting to read about a woman of color who completely gave her life into Xerox the company and made it a success. This article‚ made me more open minded about a lot of things that goes on into businesses I haven’t experience. One perspective‚ which was interesting‚ is how Xerox the company couldn’t do anything about their business failing
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CASE #1: Anne Mulcahy – Xerox CEO David Rieker Anne Mulcahy was an employee of Xerox for 24 years that she spent within Sales‚ Human Resources and served as the chief of staff for former CEO‚ Paul Allaire. At 47 years old‚ all of that changed when Mulcahy took over as the CEO of Xerox. She had an excellent reputation within the company but nobody‚ not even herself‚ had pinned her as the CEO type. Many companies still believe in the old adage‚ that the CEO has to be a strong willed male
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Case Study 2: Xerox [Type the document subtitle] 10/7/2014 Organizational Behavior Fall 2014 Professor Falcone Case 2: Xerox Q 1: How would Xerox define Diversity? How has the definition changed over the years? A 1: Diversity means more than race and gender. Diversity means creating an environment where all employees can grow to their fullest potential. The first chairman of Xerox‚ Johnson C. Wilson had the commitment to diversify. Chairman Wilson took proactive steps to create
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Exploring The Leadership Style of Ursula Burns CEO of Xerox Corporation Myra A. Duke Dr. Eddie Montgomery Leadership and Organizational Behavior June 9‚ 2013 It is rare nowadays for a person to become the top ranking executive at the same company they intern with. Ursula Burns did just that by doing a summer internship with Xerox Corporation‚ and going on to become the CEO twenty-nine years later. Ursula Burns was the first African-American women to be name CEO of a Fortune 500 company‚ and
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Graduated at Marymount College – BA in English and Journalism Got a position as a Field Representative for Xerox. 16 Years two children choosing Between family time or work time or finding a better opportunity – wanted reward for 16 years of work Vice President of Human Resources in 1992 Chief Staff Officer then to Senior Vice President Covered Operations in Xerox international areas: South America‚ Central America‚ Europe‚ Asia‚ Africa‚ and China President and Chief Operating
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Case 2 - ANNE MULCAHY AT XEROX FATS OF THE CASE ➢ Anne Mulcahy at the age of 23 she was the director of human resources‚ head of the Xerox ➢ She spent her first 16 years company’s fledging desktop computer business‚ and chief in sales‚ then eight years in an assortment of management of staff to Xerox’s CEO. ➢ She never aspired to run Xerox nor she was groomed to be CEO. In 2001 she became the CEO of Xerox. ➢ She accepted the position when the company was in horrible
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Abstract This paper discusses the decisions made by incoming CEO Anne Mulcahy. Xerox was facing massive debt and an unprofitable future. Paving a better future for Xerox‚ Mulcahy improved the company image through strategic decisions. Having twenty four years of experience at Xerox‚ Mulcahy redefined the image of Xerox and placed a plan of recovery. Decision Making Analysis Anne Mulcahy was appointed CEO to Xerox Corporation in 2001 when Xerox was “teetering on the verge of Chapter 11 bankruptcy” (Vollcom)
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management and functions of an organization‚ it has become apparent that CEO Anne Mulcahy used her experience of 24 years in Xerox to exemplify the organizational structure and focus on maintaining the original goals of the company by using effective communication to gain trust with individual employees while gaining control of the organization (Vollmer‚ 2004). Anne Mulcahy spent the first 90 days of her tenure as CEO for Xerox traveling worldwide to the different
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Making Analysis Discussion Summary Conflict is a characteristic of managerial decisions and Anne Mulcahy definitely had conflict within the decisions she made as CEO of Xerox. In an Internet video‚ Rodgers (n.d.) states that Mulcahy started with the company thirty years ago and held numerous positions in sales‚ human resources‚ and even launched a desk jet product line while rising to CEO. The conflict Mulcahy faced when she took the position as CEO was to save a company from bankruptcy that she felt
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