Organizational Design Introduction FedEx is a logistics company focused on the overnight courier business, but with brand extensions into ground courier, office supplies, and customs-related business lines. Based in Memphis, the company operates a hi Continue Reading...
They do this by supporting the different functions and subgeographic groups such as those outlined in Exhibit C. Exhibit B. illustrates the role that each of the different functions plays - they are on a par with Ground Operations in the structure, Continue Reading...
Organizational Behavior In 1984, the movie The Gods Must be Crazy depicted a Kalahari bushman who finds a Coca-Cola bottle that was discarded from an airplane into the desert. The bushman does not recognize the bottle or the brand, and the situation Continue Reading...
FedEx was founded by Fred Smith, an ex-Marine who served in Vietnam, and the company retains strong elements of military culture (Smith, 2008). The company fosters its culture in several ways -- in the training process, through corporate lore, and t Continue Reading...
Org Structure An organization's structure affects many aspects of the organization. Kanter (1999) notes that people within an organization tend to operate in line with the messages that they are receiving, so structural elements do affect culture an Continue Reading...
Organizational Change In late 2003, FedEx announced the acquisition of Kinko's, the chain of office stores, for $2.4 billion. In part, the deal was a response to the purchase of Mailboxes, Etc. By UPS two years previous. The Kinko's deal with clearl Continue Reading...
FedEx initiates the change process from its head office as the first step. The design of the change is made, and the implementation plan is then communicated to each regional station. The stations do not set their own implementation plans, but rathe Continue Reading...
Score cards for the first level would be handed out and the program and the prizes explained. The start date would be set starting the day that the employee gets their score card. Each score card would require three months of consistent metrics in o Continue Reading...
FedEx Applying Strategic Market Planning to FedEx Marketing Foundations FedEx (NYSE: FDX) is one of the leading providers of global logistics services to the Business-to-Business (B2B) and Business-to-Consumer (B2C) marketplaces globally. FedEx is Continue Reading...
For their part, the employees at Kinko's were wary of change, having just suffered through several years of "change" at the hands of their investment firm owners. FedEx wished to instill their own systems on Kinko's but were not sure how to affect t Continue Reading...
Thus it exemplifies a company's migration from the technology strategy through the service strategy to the market strategy of the B2C e-strategic grid" (132). These authors suggest that these it-based initiatives were primarily responsible for the c Continue Reading...
Machine Metaphor in Organizations The machine metaphor for an organization is one of two orthodox metaphors, the other being the organization as an organism (Morgan, 1980). The machine metaphor dates to the work of Fayol and Taylor, wherein the orga Continue Reading...
Innovation & Creativity FedEx was founded as an innovator in a logistics field that had never seen overnight delivery before. The company has always positioned itself as a premium provider in the business, based on its sophisticated technology, Continue Reading...
Organizational Analysis Models of organizational performance Organizational performance relates to how successfully an organized group of people with a particular purpose perform a function. It comprises an actual output of an organization measured Continue Reading...
It is not known what cost FedEx will have to pay for a durable but reliable smartphone. Most such devices are not designed with longevity in mind, and FedEx normally utilizes devices with long lives. FedEx would be equipping upwards of 200,000 worke Continue Reading...
Receipt of information is not typically confirmed, either by internal or external users. For the most part, the people uploading new information do not need to know whether or not the information has been received. There are exceptions -- customer Continue Reading...
Coping with Change There are several different models for organizational change. One of the older models is Lewin's Change Management Model, which is simplified as unfreeze, change, refreeze (MindTools, 2018). This model basically outlines what n Continue Reading...
The company offers training sessions for their staff members and presents them with several incentives, such as discounts on the organization's services or employee empowerment. This virtually means that the individual staff members are valued as vi Continue Reading...
As a consequence, we feel this new structure better insulates the firm against the risk of economic downturn, high fuel prices and even intense competition. These initiatives should be conducted rapidly once the plan is initiated. The typical multi Continue Reading...
AbstractThe purpose of this paper is to provide the results of a review of the literature concerning the respective logistical systems that are used by the U.S. Army and FedEx, including their approaches to demand forecasting and warehousing methods. Continue Reading...
With respect to productivity, there are multiple measures that can be used. The two key metrics are speed and accuracy. The accuracy can be measured in terms of the amount of time that the couriers, when they arrive at their trucks, need to spend t Continue Reading...
Apple Supply Chain Design The kind of supply chain that any company uses greatly determines the efficiency with which the company avails the products to the consumers, the price of the product and the profit margin of the organization. Most organiza Continue Reading...
Kodak Eastman Kodak was once the dominant player in photography, as a maker of film in particular, but all other ancillary photography products as well. The advent of digital cameras put the nail into the coffin of this business, which had already b Continue Reading...
FedEx Quality Management Issue Process Improvement Tools and Applications in Quality Management FED-EX Case Study For the purpose of the present study, the company chosen is that of Fed-Ex. This writer will take on the role of a quality management Continue Reading...
Total Quality Management or TQM is definitely an integrative administration structure targeted at consistently enhancing the output of products, services, items, procedures and general manufacturing to attain and exceed customer demands and anticipat Continue Reading...
Recruitment is a critical component of any human resources strategy. A good recruitment strategy should seek to find the right workers for the available roles within the company. For many firms, finding the right workers is essential to gaining and m Continue Reading...
Parcel Industry History of FedEx: The attempts at using airplanes for commercial transportation of goods started when the air planes started flying. One of the first air freight carriages took place in 1910 when a department store sent a bolt of si Continue Reading...
Lys Fashion Business Plan DayLys primary earnings The company's start up DayLys proposed start up expenses Strategy and implementation summary Marketing strategy Target market Sales revenue for the first and second year Graph depicting the s Continue Reading...
The continuing economic recession that began in 2008 in the United States greatly exacerbated that revenue problem as people reduced their unnecessary use of postal services and increased their use of private-sector competitors such as United Parcel Continue Reading...
This issue of resistance to change is a critical one that will require significant effort to overcome. As a first step, the development of needs analysis is critical for understanding how the systems can be designed to be of more value to those usin Continue Reading...
Part 6.1. I would seek to change the cognitions of the employee in order to change the affects and the behaviors. The cognitions underlie the other two traits, so any change must start with the underlying values and beliefs. It is important for man Continue Reading...
Managerial Economics The company that I am going to write about is Apple, Inc., which designs and markets personal electronics devices, software and accessories. Apple is known for its strategic control systems, both in terms of behavior control and Continue Reading...
Smith Electric Vehicles - KC The organization chosen for analysis is Smith Electric Vehicles who is based in the U.K. But has an operation in Kansas City, MO. Smith Electric Vehicles manufactures and markets zero-emission commercial electric vehicle Continue Reading...
Balanced scorecard seeks to provide a sense of strategic balance to an organization by focusing on four distinct perspectives, rather than having the organization orient itself strictly to maximizing shareholder wealth (Kaplan & Norton, 1996). Th Continue Reading...
Although the company relies on information technology it is not at the forefront so can adapt more slowly. There are limited political-legal and societal implications. The most important force -- economic -- does vary but the North American market i Continue Reading...
Management Information management is essential for FedEx. The company uses information in a number of ways. On the operations side, data drives decisions regarding the scheduling of assets. Every piece has its own delivery time guarantee, for examp Continue Reading...
This is because the Web Site does not present all the simple things that an ordinary customer may need from the company's services. Links were provided on the top of the home page but there are further links and options that an ordinary user may not Continue Reading...
Google's human resources strategies are effective. The objective of Google's human resources strategy is to attract the best workers in its industry and to retain them. Knowledge industries compete for the brightest workers by offering them a variety Continue Reading...
