Sabrina MergenthalerMGM260-1101B-02 PH1 IP

Fundamentals of ManagementProfessor Meisha Brown

February 18, 2011

1995 Auto

Sales,Inc

Overview

Corporate Values– What are corporate values?

Culture– What type of culture do we share?

Organization

Evaluating the skills

Organizational theories

Conclusion

Corporate values

Our views

Our opinions

Our strategies

Quality

Reliability

Safety

Innovative

Culture of a Company

Culture is created by the company managers and other

higher-ups. Organizational Culture implies three things:

It is perceivedIt is Descriptive

It is shared

What is culture within a company?• Strong Culture• Weak Culture

Stories•Organization Founders•Reaction to past mistakes•Company history

Rituals •Series of events that express and reinforce the companies goals, and principles.

Symbols•Dress code•Layout and design•Office size•Company outings

Language•Terminology used around the company such as Head = bathroom

How is culture learned?

Organizational Structure

Past Traditional

Functional

Present• Matrix

• Teamwork

Mr. & Mrs. Jones

Sales Team

Marketing Team

Internet Division Team

Mr. & Mrs. Jones

VP of Human Resources

Manager of Human

resources

Team

VP of Inside Sales

Manager of inside Sales

Team

VP of Outside Sales

Manager of Outside sales

Team

VP of Marketing

Manager of Marketing

Team

Evaluating the Skills and Talents

oTesting

oSurvey

oJob Assessment

Organizational Structure Theories

Classical

Scientific

Bureaucratic

Administrative

Neo-classical

• Systems

• Socio-technical

• Contingency

Classical Organization

Scientific Management

Bureaucratic

Administrative

NeoClassical Organization

Systems

Socio-Technical

Contingency

Where we stand

Employee of the month recognition

Frequent reviews

Open door policies

Freedom of employees

Innovation

Continuous improvement

1995 Auto Sales, INC

Understand the corporate values of our company

Know the goals

Become familiar with the culture

Change with change

References

Organizational Theories. (1997). Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/docrep/w7503e/w7503e03.htm

Robbins, Stephen P. , Coulter, Mary. 2009. Management, Tenth edition. Pearson Prentice Hall. Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle New River, New Jersey.