...Glinow, “organization structure refers to the division of labor as well as patterns of coordination, communication, work flow, and formal power that direct organization activities” (2003, p. 446). The purposes of this memorandum are to identify and describe the formal organizational structure of the Smith & Falmouth (S & F) company. The S & F is a tele-shopping and mail order network that has operation in the United States and Canada. The memorandum also compares S & F’s structure with other organizational structures, analyze the effectiveness of the S & F organization’s informal culture with the formal structure. The memorandum also assesses the informal culture of the S & F’s company, determines its impacts on the formal structure, and discusses the role of power and politics within the organizational culture. In addition, the memorandum will demonstrate the power and politics within the S & F culture and recommend the most effective leadership style to Irene Seagrave, chief executive officer of the S & F. In terms of labor and coordination, the formal structure of S & F was coordinated through informal communication under a formal hierarchy that included sharing information on the mutual task between the three managers and the chief executive operation. According to McShane and Von Glinow (2004), the Hierarchy assigns legitimate power to individuals for directing the work flow. In terms of elements of organizational structure, S & F was a flat structure with a wide span of...
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...Exporting gems from Russia to International Jewelers By Prof Class Institution name, City, State Date Part 1 The idea in this paper is the business of exporting gems from Russia to international jewelry market. This is a noble and legal business to conduct since the jewelry market continues to expand as a result of increased demand for beauty accessories. Goal The goal of this business is to increase the amount and reduce the high cost of jewelry in the global market. This export business will create several jobs for many people in Russia and destination nations through the profits thereof. It will directly and indirectly be a solution to increased unemployment in the world. Part 2 Question 1: Activities for successful export The activities that are necessary in accomplishing the goals for establishing the Gemstone exportation firm include Activity | Qtr1 | Qtr. 2 | Qtr. 3 | Qtr. 4 | Qtr. 5 | Qtr. 6 | Exploration of options-at company level | XXX | | | | | | Market Research-new market | | XXX | | | | | Setting Marketing Strategy-at company level | | | XXX | | | | Strategic Planning – at company level | | | XXX | XXX | | | Determine Marketing Activities | | | XXX | XXX | | | Determine Price –at company level | | | | | XXX | | Logistical planning-continuous | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | | Design of Documentation tools- continuous | | | XXX | XXX | XXX | XXX | Determine payment methods- at company...
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...Leadership in Action Simulation Smith & Falmouth (S&F) is a mid-sized teleshopping and mail-order company. It started an e-tailing division and S&F online six months ago. CEO Irene Seagraves wants e-tailing division and S&F online to be the keys to the growth of the company (University of Phoenix, 2009). An organizational structure is defined how tasks are divided, grouped, and coordinated. A strong organizational culture influences the behavior of members and their performance (Robbins & Judge, 2007). To have a strong perform on the growth, S&F need to implement strategies that will improve the structure and culture of the organization. The functional structure organizes employees around a specific knowledge or resources (Robbins & Judge, 2007). S&F is resembled around a functional structure because it is divided into product division, web development, logistic team, and marketing. The web development team is made up of six members and responsible for maintaining online sales and payment. The project manager works closely with logistic team that includes three members. The functions of logistic team are customer support and scheduling delivery. The team reports status of orders fulfillments to marketing managers. Marketing managers coordinate project lines, budget, and promotion (University of Phoenix, 2009). Organization culture is crucial in shaping the identity of the organization (Lightle, 2009). Irene is a goal driven person and has a strong belief in taking S&F into...
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...1. The structure of a simple organization • A. limits the owner's(s') control • B. correct maximizes the owner's(s') control • C. minimizes the owner's(s') control • D. slightly increases the owner's(s') control Correct : Since simple organizations tend to be made up of one or a few owners and just a few employees, the owner’s(s’) level of control is extremely high. Materials • Simple Organizational Structure 2. This structure is one in which a set of relatively autonomous units are governed by a central corporate office but where each operation has its own functional specialists who provide products or services that are different from those of other operations. • A. Correct Divisional organizational structure • B. Matrix organizational structure • C. Functional organizational structure • D. Product-team structure Correct : Divisional organizational structures are often grouped into product groups or distribution channels and feature cross-functional groups of employees. Materials • Divisional Structure 3. This type of organizational structure combines the advantages of functional specialization with the advantages of product-project specialization. • A. Specialization business • B. Product-team structure • C. Divisional organization • D. Matrix structure Correct : A matrix structure allows an employee to be assigned to both his or her functional team and to another group, based on a project or product. By using a matrix...
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...The Organization Structure of Walmart An essential part of Walmart’s culture is to constantly look for ways to be more successful. On January 28th, 2010,Walmart released a report of its organizational realigning. This realigning was an attempt by Walmart to create a more efficient organization and to be better equipped to react to it customers demands. Walmart made the decision to re-organize its three United States operations into three geographic units within the United States and then appoint a president to each unit. These units were changed to Walmart South, Walmart North, and Walmart West. Walmart also stated that in the United States it would be bringing all of their operations together into three operating divisions as well. These operational categories would be Store Operations, Real Estate, and Logistics all under one leadership team. This divisional approach and structure works to Walmart's benefit because each division is unrestricted, when it comes to focusing their strengths on specific areas such as customers, service, and product. Tightening the focus permits Walmart to efficiently identify individual procedures and processes that need adjustment and to make modifications appropriately. As a result, of this organizational realigning, Walmart was able to reduce approximately 300 positions in the corporate support areas (Walmart, 2014). This divisional structure and approach is working for Walmart's advantage because each division is able to focus its energies...
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...March 30, 2015 Walmart’s Organizational Structure Walmart was founded in 1962 by Sam Walton. Walton opened the first Walmart in Rogers, Arkansas. Walmart was officially incorporated in October of 1969 as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and is publicly traded on the NYSE. Walmart’s main headquarters is in Bentonville, Arkansas and is the largest grocery retailer in the United States. Likewise, Walmart has 11,453 retail stores in 27 countries, under 71banners. The company operates under the Walmart name in the U.S which includes Puerto Rico. It operates in Mexico as Walmex, in the United Kingdom as Asda, in Japan as Seiyu, and in India as Best Price. It also has wholly owned operations in Argentina, Brazil, and Canada. Walmart hasn’t always been successful in entering new countries, mainly in Germany and South Korea whereas in the United Kingdom, South America, and China are highly successful. Walmart employs 2.2 million associates around the world with 1.3 million of them in the US. (Walmart .com) Organizational Structure Every organization takes on some direction, in terms of what customers/clients it serves and what functions it performs for these customers. The organizational Structure of the Wal-Mart Corporation is a divisional structure that has made some changes to its structure in 2010. A divisional structure has three different categories in which are product structure, market structure, and geographic structure. Wal-Mart falls under market structure. This is where groups function...
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...downs. It specialized in different areas. They started as a delivery company, which grew into an important logistics company. Later Mayne entered different industries including the health care section. Their goal was to be the market leader in the medical industry by owning hospitals, providing drugs and services. But due to poorly evaluated situations the company encountered several management and profitability issues. Depending on which period we look at the company, it has its strengths and weaknesses. Directly after entering the health care section, they had very specialized workers, this was their strong point since they needed professionals with an experienced view on the job they had to do. The down side was that they did not have a lot of authority. They were forced to listen to the decision makers who were a small centralized group of managers. Later on they even fired the specialized doctors and nurses and hired new inexperienced staff to do the job in order to keep the costs low. This of course was criticized and seen as a weak point in the history of the company. The environment in the 20th century changed rapidly, Mayne did not have the ability to respond to those quick transformations because of the limited focused management. All this is presented in the case and is important information in order to understand what went wrong. They changed the structures within the organization, but did they choose the right ones to make the company come perform at it’s best...
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...corporations in the United States and also nationwide. The foundation of the organizational structure, function, and design molded Wal-Mart into a successful organization. Sam Walton founded Wal-Mart in 1962. Walton (1962) believed that each Wal-Mart store should reflect the values of its customers and support the vision they held for their community. The organizational structure Walton chose to organize his company is the divisional structure. This structure is made up of separate, semi-autonomous units or divisions. Wal-Mart had different divisions and each division has its own goals to accomplish. A manager oversees their division and is completely responsible for the success or failure of the division. Managers knew they would be held accountable for the results of their department. There are difference and similarities in the divisional structure compared to other organizational structures. For example, in the functional structure the employees are grouped into different departments, which is similar to the divisional structure. However, unlike the divisional structure, the functional structure does not have a manager for each department. The matrix structure is also very different, but has some similarities to the divisional structure. The matrix structure assigns specialist from different functional departments to work on one or more projects. The matrix structure is different from the divisional structure because there are employees who specialize in a specific skill working...
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...| 3 HRC Activity-A The Organization: (SMEF) Overview of SMEF Our Main Products Division: Consumer Electronics LCD TV, LED TV, CRT TV, Audio Systems, Blu-ray Division: Business Electronics Document Systems, Cash Register, Calculators, Professional LCD- Displays, Projectors, Fax Machines Division: Home Appliances Microwaves, Steam wave, Refrigerators, Plasma cluster Air Purifiers and ion generators, Air-conditioners, Vacuum Cleaners, Small home appliances … Division: Solar Photovoltaic, Mono crystalline, poly crystalline, thin Vision and Mission: “Make products that others want to imitate” Ever since the establishment in 1912, innovation has been an integral part of our corporate philosophy. Correspondingly, the company's name Sharp is derived from our first major invention made in the year 1915, the “Ever Sharp Pencil”, the first mechanical retractable pencil in the world. Our goal has been and will be to win our customers' and partners' confidence through honesty and creativity. We are open to new things and oriented towards our customers' and users' wishes. External Factors: Main factors that will affect the growth of organization: Political Sharp sales subsidiary connects with 80+ countries; political factors vary from country to country. In addition, these factors can change dramatically at any time as governments have the power to introduce any new regulations, impose tariffs or taxes. Sharp as a company is also affected for...
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...Change Organizational Leadership LDR 531 April 2, 2011 Joseph A. Bucci LDR 531 Affecting Change Change is something that is inevitable and cannot be prevented. Many organizations undergo change every day in order to remain operational as well as to take advantage of opportunities within their industry. There are times when employees do not accept change positively. In situations like these, how do managers cope with resistance? Leadership is defined in many different ways but the most common definition is the ability to influence a group towards a common goal (University of Phoenix). An effective manager is responsible for motivating employees through change to accomplish organizational goals. Smith and Falmouth is a midsized Teleshopping network with operations in the United States and Canada. S & F was motivated by its industry forecasts an immediately moved to become a major player within their industry. Their first move was implementing an e¬tailing division, S & F Online, six months ago. The success of this division was crucial to the company’s growth over the next three years. The CEO, Irene Seagraves, appointed members of a new division to implement the strategy of S & F Online. Seagraves appointed various members of the team to positions within the management leauge. Irene also appointed a Chief Operating Officer of S & F Online to increase the sales and to make the company a profitable long-term company (University of Phoenix). Control methods Organizational culture...
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...1. The structure of a simple organization • A. limits the owner's(s') control • B. correct maximizes the owner's(s') control • C. minimizes the owner's(s') control • D. slightly increases the owner's(s') control Correct : Since simple organizations tend to be made up of one or a few owners and just a few employees, the owner’s(s’) level of control is extremely high. Materials • Simple Organizational Structure 2. This structure is one in which a set of relatively autonomous units are governed by a central corporate office but where each operation has its own functional specialists who provide products or services that are different from those of other operations. • A. Correct Divisional organizational structure • B. Matrix organizational structure • C. Functional organizational structure • D. Product-team structure Correct : Divisional organizational structures are often grouped into product groups or distribution channels and feature cross-functional groups of employees. Materials • Divisional Structure 3. This type of organizational structure combines the advantages of functional specialization with the advantages of product-project specialization. • A. Specialization business • B. Product-team structure • C. Divisional organization • D. Matrix structure Correct : A matrix structure allows an employee to be assigned to both his or her functional team and to another group, based on a project or product. By using a matrix...
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...a Matrix structure for the organization. Matrix structures consist of cross-functional project management teams that are formed to solve problems related to growth, diversification, productivity, and competition. The structure calls for temporary collaboration amongst experts from various functional areas in order to provide flexibility, creativity, cooperation, and fast responses to concerning changes in the market (Ferrell, 2009). Spectrum Brands may use a matrix structure to leverage the success that others have experienced in the food transportation, aerospace, and extractives industries. In food transportation, businesses like Tree of Life have used this structure in supply chain to ensure that vice presidents of inventory management, transportation, and warehousing, individually partner with procurement specialists of different product lines to ensure maximum throughput from distribution centers (Casper, 2009). In aerospace and global extractive businesses like oil, gas, and mining, Matrix structures have been used to integrate dissimilar international business segments under a common goal by mobilizing highly skilled executive teams with global functional roles (Millar, 2008). Spectrum Brand relates to these industries in its mission to diversify the portfolio, requiring a myriad of vendors and a sophisticated supply chain in an international marketplace. 2) Explain how the firm could operate using a Multidivisional structure. A multidivisional structure organizes...
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...The Organization of International Business Organizational structure at Procter and Gamble Procter and gamble unique organizational structure offers the global scale benefits of an international company and the local focus to be relevant for customers in roughly 180 countries where their brands are solid. The company corporate structure provides the framework that allows them to tap the benefits of a global operation keep them in touch with local communities, and their strong governance practices ensure that they carry out operations with consistently high standard and integrity. Procter and gamble have made their organization structure an important part of their capability to grow. It combines global scale benefits with a local focus to win with consumers and retail customers in each country where P & G products are sold. Procter and gamble recently grouped its global business units into four industry-based sectors as part of the company’s on-going plan to improve business performance. The businesses in each sector are focused on common consumer’s benefits, share common technologies and face common competitors. Procter and gamble structure has removed many of the traditional overlaps and inefficiencies that exist in many large companies. Four organizational structure Procter and gamble uses: Market development organizations: are charged with knowing consumers and retailers in each market where Procter and gamble competes and integrating the...
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...BA 529 FINAL EXAM MAHESH REDDY MURAKA BA 529 Final exam Schiller International University Dr. Harris 1. What is the greatest challenge to a company that decides to set up a branch in another nation? Online auction site eBay is one of the world's best-known firms, boasting 157 million active buyers and reporting just shy of $18bn (£11.4bn) in revenues last year. Yet when it first tried to launch in China it failed. The difficulty of competing with local rivals meant that in 2006, a mere two years after entering China, it was forced to admit defeat and shut down its main website in the country. Instead it formed a joint venture with a local partner to help operate an online auction business in the country. Critics say it failed to recognise that having a strong US brand would not automatically translate to success in China. And eBay is not the only firm to struggle with transferring a successful business model overseas. Tesco reportedly spent a decade preparing for the launch of its Fresh & Easy chain on the West coast of America, with its top executives even spending time living with Californian families to observe the way they lived and ate. Yet six years after it opened, it announced it was pulling out - costing the firm a hefty £1.2bn. Similarly one of the world's best known brands, US giant Starbucks, was forced to close almost three quarters of its shops in Australia just eight years after it opened them, after it struggled to win sales from local competitors...
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...The corporation’s keys elements are challenged, management tested, strategies examined, and 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 to BG Group’s international endeavors. Analysis Schindler’s Indian Strategy Alfred Schindler, Schindler’s Chairman, recognized the huge market potential in India and decided to embark on establishing an Schindler subsidiary. The VRA appointed Silvio Napoli as General Manager to lead this endeavor. Silvio desired to differentiate Schindler from its competitors. Silvio developed a strategy of a narrow product line to serve low and mid to high markets, S001 and S300P respectively. Also, to gain a price advantage, Mr. Napoli planned to outsource the logistics and manufacturing sectors, with the exception of the safety-related components. This strategic plan had many shortcomings. Schindler was the first company to launch a standard product in the elevator industry. With the accomplishment more effort is required to ensure this approach is understood and implemented. The up rise of non-standard...
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