...Organizational Impact Paper Raul Vargas Jr. OI/361 The rapid technological changes and global forces are sending a very clear message to every business organization: Innovate or dye. Organizational structures can easily hinder or foster innovation. Potential pitfalls can derive as a result of deeper factors embedded in a firm’s organizational DNA. Without a doubt, innovation is the key driver of value creation if companies want to remain on the competitive edge. Although there is no perfect organizational structure for every innovation environment, different types of organizations work successfully under different circumstances. Three different types of organizational structures will be in discussion: the functional, divisional, and the matrix structure as well as the potential impact that innovation can bring on strategy, process, product or services within each organizational structure. The functional structure is built on a strong hierarchy in which each employee’s position and function are clearly defined with a specific role to perform. This structure is the most formal and bureaucratic because it follows a strict chain of command. Among the different types of organizational structures, a functional structure works very well in organizations that do not change their work functions and methods frequently. However, large organizations with this structure demands for a very powerful management for internal conflicts resolution, and issues...
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...Organizational Impact OI 361 Sue Armstrong Organizational Impact Innovation is a critical component for a business to stay successful in today’s fast changing competitive business market. Innovative ideas impact what strategy, process, product, and services a company decides to promote to their consumers. Innovation is the actual changes and the taking of actions to improve an idea, product, or service. Innovation is simply finding new solutions to problems. Innovative ideas often impact the strategy, process, products and services a business provides to their customers. The rest of this paper will examine the impact of innovation on strategy, process, products and services of two businesses, the manufacturing company of Apple Inc and the service company of United Postal Service (UPS). The innovative company UPS began in 1907 as a 19 year-old James Casey's innovative answer to America's need for private messenger and delivery service was American Messenger Company. "In response to telephone calls received at their basement headquarters, messengers ran errands, delivered packages, and carried notes, baggage, and trays of food from restaurants" (Insert Messenger Service). American Messenger Company was in competition with other local messenger services. Despite stiff competition the company did well mainly because strict the policies regarding customer courtesy, reliability, round-the-clock service, and low rates (INSERT). Those same...
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...Organizational Impact Mike Loury OI / 361 March 19, 2012 It is important for organizations across all sections of the economy to be innovative. It is especially important for companies in the technology field like Apple, the automotive industry like Ford, and the service industry like Southwest Airlines to be innovative. Some organizations tend to have a conservative innovative strategy compared to others that seem to lead the pack when it comes to being innovative. Innovation can come in three main forms to include process innovation, product/service innovation, and strategy innovation. Organizations that adopted quality and continuous improvement programs over the years have made process innovation an important topic (Apple, 2012). Apple Inc., based in America, is a designer of computer hardware and software. The company designs other computer electronics and is best known for their Macintosh personal computers. Along with Macs and their OS X software, Apple also designs ILife, and other professional software such as I Work. . The digital music revolution is lead by Apple with the invention of IPods and the online store I Tunes. Apple has transformed the mobile phone industry with its creation of the iPhone and App Store. With its invention of the IPad, Apple has successfully defined the future of mobile media (Apple, 2012). In early 2010, Apple computers introduced the first Ipad. It appears that this innovative product, along with the Iphone, has catapulted Apple...
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...Developing Country Studies ISSN 2224-607X (Paper) ISSN 2225-0565 (Online) Vol.4, No.21, 2014 www.iiste.org Impact of Social Media on Organizational Culture: Evidence from Pakistan Muhammad Arslan (Corresponding Author) M.Phil,Bahria University Islamabad, Pakistan, PO box 44000, E-8, Islamabad, Pakistan Email: MuhammadArslan73@gmail.com Rashid Zaman M.Phil Scholar,Bahria University Islamabad, Pakistan, PO box 44000, E-8, Islamabad, Pakistan Email: Rashidzamantanoli@gmail.com Abstract This paper investigates the impact of social Media on Organizational culture. The approach used in this paper was to give the application and significance of development of Social media for organizations. With an introduction to social media, organizational culture is focused by studying communication, business focus, workplace harmony, workplace behaviors, and business discipline. A self-administered survey is used to collect responses from employees working at different organizations through e-mail and various social media tools. The main result of the research is the validation of the research framework of employees operating in the SME’s of Pakistan. It has been found that organizational culture is considerably affected by development and application of social media for business related activities in organizations. Keywords: Socail Media, Pakistan, organizational culture 1. Introduction The concept of Social Media is top of the agenda for many business executives today. Decision makers, as well...
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...Studies – January 2008 Volume 4, Number 1 The Impact Of Organizational Change, Structure And Leadership On Employee Turnover: A Case Study Steven H. Appelbaum, Concordia University, Canada André Mitraud, MBA, Canada Jean-François Gailleur, MBA, Canada Marcello Iacovella, MBA, Canada Raffaele Gerbasi, MBA, Canada Victoria Ivanova, MBA, Canada ABSTRACT Purpose - To provide the management team at BTSA Ltd with a practical guideline in managing organizational change through a designated lead change agent. Design/Methodology/approach - This guideline was developed by analyzing various organizational behaviour variables which included organizational structure, leadership and organizational culture. The objective of the case study is to provide a pragmatic approach to dealing with transformational change, particularly the role and responsibility of leadership. Findings – This case identifies a distinct correlation between each above stated variables and productivity/citizenship factors among employees. As a result of the takeover by an international conglomerate, BTSA Ltd was facing major changes and sustained a high level of employee turnover within the company, including the abrupt departure of their lead change agent. This resulted in a sharp decrease in TQM initiatives and major slowdown in R&D projects. The key findings have determined the core elements which explained the turnover issue and the impact of organizational change (for a small Canadian based firm acquired by...
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...Week Three Individual Paper: Organizational Impact Paper Introduction Innovation is what gives businesses the competitive advantage the company will need to be profitable in the market. Innovation impacts the strategy, process, products and services that a company has to offer. Three organizations that have greatly used innovation are Discover Financial Services, Apple Inc, and McDonalds. The impact that innovation has on an organization is significant. Defining what innovation, creativity, and design are to and organization and the impact it can have on an organization. When an organization looks at innovation the company should be looking for a new way to do something. To expect change in innovation cannot be avoided in this changing and competitive world of business, changes will always be necessary to stay competitive. The three organizations I have chosen are Southwest Airlines, IBM Corporation and Motorola Company let see how innovation impacts these organizations. Organizational Impact Paper Innovation is what gives an organization the competitive advantage the business will need to be successful in the market. Innovations are ideas that can impact the strategy, process, products and services that an organization has to offer to its customers. Three organizations that have an enormous impact on innovation are United Parcel Service (UPS), Hewlett-Packard and The Coca-Cola Company. Apple Inc. Apple Inc has been a computer company with ups and downs in its...
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...Organizational Impact Paper Shawn Cheairs OI/361 January 8, 2015 Mario Madrid Innovation, design, and creativity play crucial and interconnected roles in order to determine the success for both the manufacturing and services industries. Careful thought and consideration must be taken when creating a new and innovative product or service which appeals to consumers. Organizations must also learn to involve consumers at an early stage in order to gauge their needs and wants, and the team in charge of producing something tangible or intangible needs to make every effort possible to create something that meets those consumers’ needs and wants or the product or service will be certain to fail. Lotus In the case of Lotus, the organization was caught with their backs against the wall when the engine manufacturer being used for the Lotus Elan closed their doors. Lotus looked back to their beginnings in racing to inspire a new idea. The idea of creating the Lotus Elise came to life and the task of incorporating innovation, design, and creativity to bring about a product that met the needs and wants of consumers. It became extremely important for various people involved with the Lotus Elise project to execute their roles in communication amongst one another. The communication and openness between those designing, engineering and manufacturing kept the project on track and problems that arose were quickly solved. Innovation, design, and creativity had led to Lotus being able to...
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...The Impact of Human Resource Management Practices on Perceptions of Organizational Performance Author(s): John T. Delaney and Mark A. Huselid Source: The Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 39, No. 4 (Aug., 1996), pp. 949-969 Published by: Academy of Management Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/256718 . Accessed: 13/08/2013 00:20 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. . Academy of Management is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Academy of Management Journal. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 128.248.155.225 on Tue, 13 Aug 2013 00:20:09 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions RESEARCH NOTES ? Academy of Management Journal 1996, Vol. 39, No. 4, 949-969. THE IMPACT OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON PERCEPTIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE JOHN T. DELANEY University of Iowa MARK A. HUSELID Rutgers University In 590 for-profit and nonprofit firms from the National Organizations Survey, we found positive associations between...
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...Organizational Impact Paper Q/I361 June 12, 2014 Nikki Jackson Organizational Impact Paper Innovation can transform and possibly reinvent services and products to accommodate the needs and demands of the market. Today innovation is taking organizations and rewiring them for growth. In a time of change and reduce profits, organizations are retooling and finding the need to modify business strategy. Without innovative programs or ideas, change is difficult for a business however; change can’t be avoided in this competitive world of business. We will evaluate the impact of innovation on South West Air Line, General Motors, and JCPenny, AT&T, and talk about the impact on strategy, process, product, or services with each type of organization. All organizations noted above use innovation and creativity as the main source for improving business strategy. Southwest Airlines Southwest airlines are a company that started with very little money back in 1971 that now operates on the offensive as an innovator. The innovation that made Southwest Airlines prevalent is the way they can offer lower fares, the regularity of flight accessibility and on time departures and arrivals, and their exceptional safety record. Southwest is always thinking innovation which keeps the airline in the forefront in the industry, while using their innovated thinking the airlines acquired jet fuel at a lesser amount for future use; this is clever innovative and creative thinking. “Tickets less travel...
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...Impact of Organizational Environment The Federal government has become more involved in response and recovery from major disasters. With the just recent disaster of Hurricane Sandy that devastated north east portion of the United States, specifically New York and New Jersey; has called for the services of emergency response units for response. Even to this day, thousands of people are without electricity and heat in their homes; others are homeless because their homes were destroyed by the wind, fire, and the Atlantic Ocean. Mitigation and having a Contingency Plan is important to help prevent high numbers of loss of life. When Hurricane Sandy came through, flooding and powerful waves slammed into homes and businesses, flooding areas of communities; which prevented fire departments from extinguishing fires that broke out. Local and national news were able to warn people ahead of time of the hurricane that was approaching; in which has probably saved thousands of lives. However, one of the four phases of Emergency Management has yet to be implemented effectively; Recovery. With so many homes and business obliterated, thousands of people displaced and homeless; they are looking for help, support, and answers from the federal government. Utility companies are feverishly working to reinstate electricity to the homes and businesses that were not destroyed; but recovery is going to be a long process and funding will have to be required in order to support the communities...
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...Factors of Motivation & Impact of Job Satisfaction on Organizational Commitment [pic] ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS “If you take care of your employees, your employees will take care of the organization & its customers over a period of time”. These are the words that have inspired us to conduct the research on the effect of employee motivation on organizational commitment. We shall be failing in our duty, if we do not record our gratitude to all those who have helped us & co-operated with us to pursuit this project. We would like to thank Prof. Kavita Lagate for her excellent sessions on Research Methodology which helped us to understand the various aspects of the subject & the project. Further by giving us an opportunity to carry out this research & present this research report under her guidance has enabled us to understand the concept of making a research report. CONTENTS Abstract………………………………………………………………………………………4 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………….5 Objectives of the Study …………………………………………………………………….6 Previous Research…………………………………………………………………………...7 Literature Review…..……………………………………………………………………….9 Research Methodology…………………………………………………………………….22 Data Collection & Analysis…………………………………………………......................25 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………..28 Direction for Future Research……………………………………………………………...
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...Organizational Impact of Suburban Express and Armalite OI/361 13 May 2015 Organizational Impact of Suburban Express and Armalite The following information entails two specific organizations that are listed for their contributions in the service and manufacturing industries. The first is Suburban Express for their services and the second is Armalite for their manufacturing, both organizations headquarters are located within Illinois. Suburban Express bus service Suburban Express bus service provides transport to six universities within the Midwest, primarily the Chicago area. Airport shuttle services are run by Suburban Express subsidiary company, Illini Shuttle. Over 200 Lawsuits have been have been filed by Suburban Express bus service against students for violations of Suburban Express terms of service. “As Suburban Express continues to file lawsuits against students for contract violations, Annie Mauro is one student who has not given up fighting against the company.” (Student legal services helps students fight suburban express lawsuits, 2015) Mauro tried to board a Suburban Express bus without a printed ticket and was turned away. Mauro parched another ticket and got on the next bus but contacted Suburban Express for a refund on the first ticket, Suburban Express never contacted Mauro back. Mauro contacted her Credit Card Company and disputer the ticket and had the charges reversed, Suburban Express bus service filled a lawsuit against Mauro. Another example...
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...entrepreneurship model like Greyston Bakery because it would be a great benefit for society. Greyston has a double bottom line in that it has a social mission and a profit mission. On the company website, Greyston states that “the Bakery is a for-profit business which has a double bottom line, meaning that we measure our success based on creating positive social impact as well as by generating a profit” showing that the organization takes its social responsibility seriously. This rare ethical principle that Greystone Bakery has implemented is to not only ensure that it makes a profit but that it also gives back to the community. A company should be social responsible because it enables the company and for the local community succeed along with the company. This is important because companies should not only be concerned with people contributing to the company but the company contributing to the community. If a company doesn’t contribute to the community they will most likely be faced with external social pressures that will force them to change. There are many external social pressures that could influence organizational ethics...
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...Entrepreneurial Leadership Strayer University – Online Professor Michael Powers January 21, 2011 Abstract Today’s entrepreneurs can learn how to profit and be social responsibility by studying the leading entrepreneurs of the past. In this paper we will learn Jack Welch and Dirk Mueller-Remus leadership style, and major business principles for a profit-oriented entrepreneurial approach in which the primary goal is to provide a product or service to consumers and to make a profit. Also their major business principles for a social-responsibility oriented entrepreneurial approach in which the primary is goal to make a positive impact on society (people, families, ecology, or similar) while providing a product or service to consumers and to make a profit. This paper will also show what three resources or tools available through the Small Business Administration and SCORE would be the most useful. Analyze and describe the founding leader(s), leadership style, and major business principles of a profit-oriented entrepreneurial approach in which the primary goal is to provide a product or service to consumers and to make a profit. The founding profit oriented leader is Jack Welch. He had a successful strategic plan with an aggressive approach to we maximize the opportunity. He will confidently say that the bottom line for most if not all entrepreneurs are to take care...
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...and SEAL: social, emotional, aspects of learning. I will then look at how the school incorporates aspects of faith within the context of children’s daily learning. The school incorporates other initiatives; however, I believe the aforementioned three to be the most relevant to the school’s aims and pivotal to their continued improvement. I will incorporate other sources of information which will include educational literature, publications, government documents, reports, theories and concepts. I have gathered evidence through independent observation and discussion with the class teacher in order to understand more about the impact of holistic needs on children. During my time at school A, I have utilised observation of children to understand how impacts take effect in different contexts. To conclude, I will identify implications that potentially could impact my future development as a...
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