Appex Corporation - Organizational Behavior & Design
Title: Appex Corporation - Organizational Behavior & Design
Category: /Business & Economy
Details: Words: 1343 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Appex Corporation - Organizational Behavior & Design
Category: /Business & Economy
Details: Words: 1343 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Problem Statement
Appex Corporation (Appex) was a highly successful information service provider in the fast-paced cellular phone industry. It sustained impressive revenue growth of 1600% over three years between 1986 and 1989, while increasing employee count by 600%. In order to absorb these new employees efficiently, Appex restructured several times (see Appendix 1 for the chronology of restructuring events). Each restructuring, however, created new problems for the company as it sought to successfully integrate the new personnel and run the
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focus
Loss of customer focus
Loss of P&L accountability
Aug 90<Tab/>~ 150<Tab/><Tab/>Divisions
Separation into three divisions, ICS, IS, and Operations<Tab/>Improved accountability, budgeting, and planning
Extensive communications within divisions<Tab/>Resource allocations squabbles
Cross-divisional antagonism
Second guessing of Sr. Management
No cross-divisional communication or cooperation
Fractal structures
Financial gamesmanship