line. What is it significance to Xerox‚ or to any organization? When facing business threats from competition‚ Xerox ‘s president David Kearns becomes convinced that Xerox needed a long-range‚ comprehensive quality strategy as well as a change in its traditional management culture. As a result ‚ Xerox implement the quality management practices and was approached by several Xerox employees about instituting total quality management. Kearns determined that Xerox would initiate a totally quality
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Objective 1) Define motivation. Motivation refers to the forces‚ either internal or external to a person‚ that act as inducements or that influence action to do something. 2. (Learning Objective 1) Explain how motivation is related to performance by describing the model M x A = P. Although the process of motivation is complex‚ organizations are primarily concerned with the relationship between motivation and performance‚ as implied by the formula shown above‚ where M refers to motivation‚ A refers to
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through Functional-Level Strategies: Xerox Corporation 1. Identify how the changes that Xerox undertook after 1980‚ helped the company to improve its efficiency‚ quality‚ innovation and customer responsiveness. Xerox underwent series of improvement after its 1980 downfall. First‚ Xerox had changed its waste management by decreasing the number of defective products and services‚ thus promotes efficiency. To cope with the increasing reject rate products‚ Xerox consolidated its worldwide supply base
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Case Analysis for Xerox Ajoy Singh Discussed Question 2. What is your opinion of the original vision of Xerox Technology Ventures (XTV)? What would you have done differently? Xerox’s interest in XTV came with the realization that the Xerox PARC’s technology was leaking out of the company. Industry rumor suggests that the Macintosh‚ Ethernet‚ laser printers‚ and mouse pointers were all invented by Xerox PARC and leaked out to various start-ups. The company
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CASE STUDY Xerox Corporation Question 1 Outline the management control system at Xerox. What are the key elements that make the system work? During 1970s‚ the management system of the company was rigid and accuracy was emphasized‚ which compromised the management control quality and also lead to unnecessary bureaucracies. In addition‚ customers’ satisfactions were also neglected due to the bureaucracy occurred. Then‚ the company’s targets were set unrealistically by the numbers people i.e.
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1. In what ways can (a) flattening the hierarchy and (b) centralizing/decentralizing authority help an organization like Xerox to improve its performance? Flattening the hierarchy can help employees working closely‚ like those in R&D or strategic planning‚ work smoothly without having to wait for approvals or clearances. This may enable them to come up with innovative product line-ups quicker. It also helps cut down on bureaucratic costs. Centralizing an organization is useful when a large
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FUJI XEROX AND THE XEROX CORP.: TURNING TABLES? Company’s Profile Xerox – In a Glance Xerox was founded in 1906 as "The Haloid Company"‚ which originally manufactured photographic paper and equipment. The company subsequently changed its name to "Haloid Xerox" in 1958 and then simply "Xerox" in 1961. Although Xerox is a global brand‚ it maintains a joint venture‚ Fuji Xerox‚ with Japanese photographic firm Fuji Photo Film Co. to develop‚ produce and sell in the Asia-Pacific region. Fuji
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competitive atmosphere. Incentive pay is one such strategy used by companies to perform well. Incentive pay is pay based on specific performance of an employee‚ which may take the form of gift vouchers‚ stock option‚ bonus‚ profit sharing‚ commission etc. It is generally used in companies where the performance
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How would Xerox define diversity ? Xerox defines diversity as a priceless resource and a key to their success. It more than just race or gender. By incorporating in a company like xerox different cultures and ways of thinking it expands the mind set of the company and leads toward creating innovative solutions and business opportunities (Xerox). How has the definition of diversity changed over the years? We live in a world where‚ because of the Internet and the Web‚ we can communicate with
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Raja Kurapati Marketing 508 - 08/04/05 Xerox Case Study Analysis Xerox’s "Book In Time" is a revolutionary product‚ presenting some new opportunities for the company. It is simply a matter of costs. The Book-in-Time equipment allows for a publishing company to produce a 300-page book for $6.90‚ something which could have been previously reached only for lots larger than 1‚000 copies. A significant decrease in publishing costs‚ given the fact that these cover up to 20 % (including the paper
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