One way for companies to deal with the changing face of technologies and market advancements is to adopt an organization of learning culture. This culture entails the act of learning by employees as well as the facilitation of learning and task of learning by upper management. This conjoined effort towards innovation has reached the oil industry with open arms. Exxon Mobile and Chevron, exercising position in the top three seats of the Fortune 500 (Fortune, 2014) list, have created a structure of learning in their respective organizations in order to encourage innovative practices at all levels. This post will seek to explain what organizational learning is, some information about the backgrounds of these oil industry competitors, the different levels of organizational learning at these companies,
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At one point in history businesses are managed by a system known as the mechanistic organization. This organization entails the use of humans as if they were machines (Morgan, 2006). This means that the humans are set to one very basic task and are challenged to work against efficiency levels and time clocks with very little room for communication between one employee to the next. These are the type of systems that lead employees to want learn how to talk with one another while continuing the task, speaking in short sentence languages to save time and go with distance. Eventually the technological age brings about an evolutionary change in business systems so that The origin of the business establishment began with a functional strategy of working humans as if they were inanimate machines. They were given small, repetitive tasks that required only one specific skill. These tasks were practiced every day of work and employees were given rewards for longevity of service so that the repetition could create maximum efficiency. Eventually culture changed and technologies evolved Product evolution is the essence of business innovation. Some products are merely evolved with advances that match the current societal trends, some are evolved to match a need, and many are evolved after market research found a hidden consumer desire. The best way to explain the way that products evolve is to actually use a product as an example. This article will explain evolution as it has occurred in plastics over the years, beginning with glass. Henri Fayol is known for created a classical management theory that is very similar to Morgan’s mechanistic metaphor (2006). His theory suggests functional management structures for both cost leadership firms as well as differentiation firms (Yoo, Lamek, & Choi, 2006). This post seeks to discuss Fayol’s theory. The post will discuss what his classical management theory is, any strengths in his theory related to today’s business culture and any weaknesses of the theory related to today’s business culture. In order to study the principles and practices of business, it is important to understand the concept of an organization and what organization theory is. This is because principles and practices often derive from a theoretical study of the system that they are being applied to. These studies look to find aspects of systems that can generate a bearing on the performance of the specific system. This post will discuss what organization is, what organization theory is, the reasons for studying organization theory, and the characteristics that constitute a good organization theory. Change management is a main component of business management in a global atmosphere where specialties are still being discovered, new cultures are constantly being integrated, and new entrants create an atmosphere that demands change. Furthermore, as research continues to increase and projects are becoming more refined, a higher level of safety measures are being demanded for use in business by consumers. In order to keep a step ahead of the competition, businesses are required to honor these consumer demands. In the process, change has become a big part of doing business. So I wanted to do some research to fine tune my thoughts about this trading of services vs products question. I used the automobile industry as my source of research. What I was looking for was the way that each of the different companies handled their business between regions to get a feel for their level of service compared to their level of product. In this essence, I was going to compare those ratings with the stock market ratings. This would have been simple. |
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