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Organisation of Apple and Dell

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Apple First Organizational Design - When Apple was founded, Steve Jobs involved and being responsible for the day to day management of the company even though he already hired managers from other companies to oversee Apple's operations. - As Apple grew, Job began to demand more control over the company. He adopted an arbitrary and overbearing style forward member of the different project teams, often playing favorites which led to a high level of competition between different teams, many misunderstandings and much distrust among team members. - This management style brought Jobs into conflict between his CEO and him, which cause competition between him and his CEO. ...read more.

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Apple after Organizational Change - In 1997, Apple's profit continues to decline, the Board of Directors suggested Jobs take control of the company again. - Jobs put the organizing skills he had subsequently developed as the founder of other companies such as NeXT Computers and Pixar to good use. - Understanding what a company needs is a clear hierarchy of authority and task responsibilities, he energized and motivated employees to develop the next generation of Apple computers that allow the company to survive. - He also established a clear structure of teams and team leadership to allow programmers to work together to develop the new computers and delegated considerable authority to these team leaders, but he also established strict timetable and challenging "stretch goals" for these teams to survive. ...read more.

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- This management style engendered intense loyalty from his employees who liked his hands-on approach and his close attention to managing the company. For example, Dell was careful to watch the team progress closely and he was very conscious of the need for control costs. - As company grew, Dell recruit expert managers to help him manage his company, by hiring experienced executives from companies like EDS and IBM and decentralized control of its functional operations like production and marketing to them. - Dell's organizing approach fostered a different kind of company culture, where people cooperate to improve its performance by recognizing the manager's expertise and his limitations. ...read more.

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