Management & Organizational Behavior Case Study Alan Mulally’s Restructuring of Ford Motor Company Alan Mulally’s Restructuring of Ford Motor Company Case Study Alan Mulally received an opportunity to turn around one of the most famous brand names in the United States. Ford was struggling; losing more than 12.7 million in 2006 (Nelson p558) and desperately needed a change. Alan Mulally took the challenge, and stated he would do what many thought was impossible at the time – make Ford profitable
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Mulally, CEO, Ford Motor Company” ASSIGNMENT # 3 Introduction This document presents to discuss questions posed based on the integrated cases provided in the text regarding “Alan Mulally, CEO, Ford Motor Company. The sections discussed below are based on the reference case scenario presented in the book, where CEO Alan Mulally’s leadership style and his organizational performance are being evaluated. Discuss the role of leadership and how it can impact organizational performance. Leadership
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Introduction 2 2.0 Ford Company Background 4 3.0 Toyota Company Background 5 4.0 Scientific Management 6 5.0 Scientific Management in Ford Motor Company 7 6.0 Contingency Theory 10 7.0 Contingency Theory in Toyota 12 8.0 How Scientific Management impacts Ford’s Workers 14 9.0 How Contingency Theory Impacts Toyota’s Workers 16 10.0 Definition of Organizational Culture and Structure 18 11.0 Ford Organizational Culture 19 12.0 Ford Organizational Structure 20 13.0 Toyota Organizational Culture 21
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Allan Mulally, CEO, Ford Motor Company Raghad K. Shakir Professor Michael Petty Leadership and Organizational Behavior – Bus520 August 2011 Strayer University Role of leadership and its Impact on Organizational Performance Leadership is commonly defined as establishing a clear vision, communicating the vision with others and resolving the conflicts between various individuals who are responsible for completing the company’s vision. The most effective leaders are those
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The content of this paper is to outline the roles of leadership and how it affects organizational performance. It then discusses the role of Allan Mulally’s, CEO of Ford Motor Company, leadership style. The paper also presents how Mulally’s decision to set a goal increased the company’s performance and mentioning how Allan Mulally’s openness has gained him trust and helped him to reach his goal. Finally, my point of view on the impact of Mulally’s leadership style and how it effects the organization
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Table of Contents Introduction 4 Core Concept – Organizational Culture 4 Core Concept – Motivation through Goal Setting 6 Core Concept – Quality Circles 7 Core Concept – Knowledge Management 8 Conclusion 8 Vanguard 9 The Ritz-Carlton 10 Gateway 11 Hewlett Packard 12 Microsoft 13 Dell 14 Ford 15 General Motors 16 References 18 Abstract Team C will contrast Intersect Investments with other companies who have shared like issues of transformation. In the overview, Intersect Investments
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Alan Mulally, CEO, Ford Motor Company Steve Rhew Dr. Aiynak Finch BUS 520 Leadership and Organization Behavior August 7, 2011 1. Discuss the role of leadership and how it can impact organizational performance. Army Doctrine defines leadership as “The process of influencing people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation, while operating to accomplish the mission and improve the organization” (Department of the Army, 2007). This definition tells us several key elements of leadership
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employers responds to stimulus of their loyalty to organizational values. Every organization, big or small has a unique identity called culture. Firstly, companies with strong cultures are operating in stable and safe environments. Strong cultures helps organizations to function well or operate like “well-oiled machines” Furthermore having a strong culture, companies can tackle internal and external problems accordingly. For example Ford Motor Company in November 2008 who desperately needed a lifeline
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Case Study Alan Mullay, CEO, Ford Motor Company “Alan Mulally, CEO, Ford Motor Company” Ford Motor Company was started in 1903 in Detroit, Michigan, by Henry Ford. 2006 brought a tremendous change to the multinational automobile producer, when Alan Mulally came to the head of line to lead Ford into a new era. In the past several years, Ford has been in danger of failing, causing a shift in its global position and a restructure of its company portfolio. Ford has become a global competitor
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overall plays a very important role in the success of a company because the leader controls their subordinates behavior. If subordinates have uncertainties that are not directed accordingly it can result in an unhealthy environment, and in turn it will affect the growth of the organization, therefore good leadership is necessary. There are different leadership styles; a particular leader that will be discussed is Alan Mulally a CEO of Ford Motor. Alan faced many challenges and he impacted his business
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