Organizational Behavior within WorldCom WorldCom entered the telecommunications market as LDDS in 1983, founded by Bernie Ebbers in Jackson, Mississippi. The company grew dramatically through numerous acquisitions and adapted the name “WorldCom” in 1995. In 1998, WorldCom purchased MCI, the nation’s number two long-distance provider, for $37 billion. WorldCom, considered a major success story of the 1990s, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July 2002. With 65 successful acquisitions, including 11
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STRATEGY Staffing Levels Acquire or Develop Talent * Acquire internally, because Tanglewood's success is due entirely to its strong culture. * By acquiring external talents, Tanglewood would safe on the development costs, however, they would not be aware of Tanglewood’s culture. * Internal staff would have already integrated with the company’s culture and hence will inculcate a sense of belonging in the company, leading to higher commitment levels. * This is especially so for the managerial
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decisions questioned. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the Silvio Napoli at Schindler India case study. This analysis will address Silvio Napoli’s actions while establishing an Schindler subsidiary in India. It will discuss the strategy, organizational structure, staffing, and Silvio’s progress. Also, this analysis will examine Schindler VRA’s decision of Mr. Napoli as General Manager and provide future recommendations for Schindler. Lastly, the paper will discuss lessons that may be applied
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profession, gender, etc. the key component of “national culture” has a higher force of expression as well as a greater explanatory value. In summary Hofstede was able to identify the following dimensions as those ones in which employees and managers distinguish the most: “individualism/collectivism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, […] career success/quality of life” (Adler N.J., Gundersen A., International Dimensions of Organizational Behaviour, p. 51) and long/short term orientation.
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I. Organizational Culture “An organizational culture is the internal environment of an organization including the shared beliefs and values that influence the behavior of organizational members” (Schermerhorn, Hunt, & Osborn, 2005). What are some of the observable characteristics of the culture of an organization? Such recognizable aspects include the stories, rituals, and other symbols that talk about the organization’s culture and operations, e.g., heroic organizational accomplishments
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MBA 653: Organizational Behavior Ben & Jerry Case Executive Summary In the past three decades, Ben & Jerry’s has made a transition from a local ice cream maker into a large multinational corporation. The unique history and culture has made Ben & Jerry’s brand into a social icon. The core values and mission of the company have been defined as three interrelated parts in Ben & Jerry’s mission statement. The ever changing market has posed constant challenges to Ben & Jerry’s
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Cisco Systems Organizational Culture & Communications COM/530 Communications for Accountants November 21, 2011 Abstract Cisco System was founded in 1984 by Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner, husband and wife academics at Stanford University who invented a technology to link their separate computer systems to send email to each other. Over the years the Cisco’s strategy and mission has changed drastically. Today, networks are an essential part of business, education and government and home
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Family Business - Godrej Group Case Study Submitted by (Section C- Group 4): Abhishek Kumar(PGP11/129) Balaji Manohar(PGP11/140) Karthik Kumar(PGP11/151) Prashant Gangwal (PGP11/162) Santosh(PGP11/173) Supriya(PGP11/184) Group Assignment – Organizational Behavior II – IIMK Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Executive Summary .................
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Analysis of the structure and culture of Thanda Forestry Company (TFC). 1. BUSINESS PROFILE OF THANDA FORESTRY COMPANY (TFC) TFC is a forestry parastatal which manages 175 000 hectors of State-owned commercial plantations. The Group consists of two main operating subsidiaries: Matanda Forests (“MF”) operating in South Africa’s 3 provinces (Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal), and Florestais Mozambucus (“FM”) located in the Manica province of Mozambique. TFC was established in 1990 and has
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GT500 Note to Student enrolled in MGT5000: S3 2011 Please note that this is just an example of an assignment based on the assessment in a previous semester. The task is therefore quite different to your assignment this semester. For example, this semester you have been asked to analyse a case study provided to you. Last semester students had to write their own scenario and analyse specific OB issues. The word count for each section also differs from the requirements this semester. However, the
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