Part II Chapter 12 The IBM culture was the product of two predominant forces - The runaway success of the System/360 - little competitive threat, high profit margins, commanding market position - true economic forces don't apply - company and people lose touch with external realities - what's happening in the marketplace is irrelevant to company's success - forgot how fast things change and settled into its success - Antitrust suit - 13 years of threatened federally mandated breakup -scrutiny changes behavior - eventually dropped and labeled without merit Vertical integration - merging two businesses that are different stages of production. exp: food production and grocery stores Forward integration - merging two vertical business towards the consumer Horizontal integration - merging two of the same business. exp: two grocery stores With the introduction of UNIX into the marketplace ver
Homework and notes for my classes through World University and School in reverse chronological order: Introduction to Lean Six Sigma Methods * Technology Based Business Transformation * Society, Information Technology, and the Global University * Energy Decisions, Markets, and Policies