Assignment 1: Organizational Analysis
Keira White
Professor Kim Williams
BUS310 Human Resource Management
May 3, 2015

When choosing a company for this assignment I wanted to choose a company that had local ties to where I live but also was a fairly large company so that I could gather the appropriate information. The company I chose is Raytheon. Raytheon is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. Raytheon’s core manufacturing concentrations are in weapons and military and commercial electronics. Raytheon was established back in 1922, reestablished in 1928 but did not take on its current name until 1959. With a history of innovation spanning 90 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services. They are not only the world’s largest producer of guided missiles, but they are also the fourth largest defense contractor in the United States by revenue. What stands out the most to me when I think of Raytheon is the Patriot Missile from the Persian Gulf War in the early 1990s. Raytheon’s vision is to be the most admired defense and aerospace systems company through their world-class people, innovation and technology.
Another thing about Raytheon that really sticks out in my mind is that their Raytheon Professional Services (RPS) is a global leader in training services and outsourcing for over the past 75 years. RPS offers their clients specific training which is tailored to the client and can be a short training session or even a grueling and intense training session. Services covered in this type of training session are: Performance Consulting & Learning Strategy