Case Study : Manager And Assistant Branch Manager

JPMorgan Chase is one of the oldest financial services company dating back over 200 years. It has $2 trillion in assets and operations in more than 60 countries. JPMC’s corporate strategy is it provides services and products in major capital markets. JPMorgan Chase, well known nationally and globally, is leading in investment banking, financial services for consumers, small business and commercial banking, financial transaction processing, asset management, and private equity.

     A significant bill in congress was the Banking Act of 1933, a.k.a. Glass-Steagall. It was this act, which separated commercial and investment banking, that also divided the House of Morgan. As a result, Harry Morgan, one of Jack Morgan’s sons, along with two Morgan partners and about 25 employees left to form the investment bank Morgan Stanley.

JP Morgan Chase has contributed $3 million to help boost economic development in black and minority businesses. The money will be channeled through the Valley Economic Development Centers (VEDC) in New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles. According to their website, the VEDC oversees a National African American Small Business Loan Fund specifically designed to help "minority-owned businesses in these cities and help them serve low-income communities by providing them with greater access to capital, technical assistance and financial consulting." The VEDC has a goal of establishing a $30 million loan fund. The $3 million from JP Morgan Chase makes a significant mark toward that

JP Morgan Chase is a leading player in the global financial services: JPMC has operations in over 100 countries and serves various customers, businesses, institutions and government clients. JP Morgan Chase has strong liquidity and capital. According to annual report 2016, the capital ratio has reached to over 15%, far more beyond the Basel

In spite of this abhorrent cupidity, JPMorgan Chase & Co stands firm in their moral values. In their renowned philanthropy, professed conservative ideologies, and intellectual prowess, Chase

After graduating from the University of Gottingen in 1857, Morgan starting his work in banking along side his father. In 1871 he began a partnership of his own banking firm which was Drexel Morgan and Co,. After conjoining his bank with his father’s after the death of his father the new bank was called J.P. Morgan and Company. It became one of the great and most flourished bank in the world. It had success in America as well as in Europe ("J. P. Morgan."). Morgan’s success helped railroads in efficiency and cooperation and saved the United States economy twice from devastation. His efforts also helped with public finance by organizing a $65 million loan financing that greatly helped investors (“J.P.

In 1871, the banking house of Drexel, Morgan & Co. was established by John Pierpont Morgan. "Twenty four years later it was renamed J.P. Morgan & Co., which it was to remain until the firm's purchase by Chase Manhattan in 2000. (Hughes 23) At this point, Chase Manhattan was the largest banking company in the United States. This was a far cry from the 1980's when Morgan "boasted the largest market capitalization of any American bank and was more expensive to buy than Citicorp. (Hughes 11)" While J.P. Morgan could not imagine the path banking would take in the U.S. with his passing in 1913; his banking house would have a strong hold on American banking for much of the 20th century. The introduction of bank holding companies and certain laws

"At JPMorgan Chase, we want to be the best financial services company in the world. Because of our great heritage and excellent platform, we believe this is within our reach."

Morgan Stanley chooses this kind of organizational structure to divide its business for its own special work in order to serve its customs well. The company emphasizes on program teams that can operate cross departments to allow employees performing the program under the best conditions. And this makes the company can respond quickly to customers’ needs.

2. Is nice related to any concepts in the chapter, such as one of the big five personality dimensions, Myers-Briggs components, or left-right brain dominance? Discuss.

The Competitive Profile Matrix indicates that JPMorgan Chase has the highest weighted score of 2.81 which is an indication that they are leading in the Banking industry over Bank of America with a score of 2.65 and Wells Fargo in third place with a score of 2.51. None of the three banking institutions fell below the average of 2.5 which is considered a weak position. Some of the contributing factors are as follows: On Financial Strength in 2015 JP Morgan Chase had assets of 2.39 trillion dollars, and Bank of America’s assets was at 2.17 trillion dollars, while Wells Fargo trailed with assets of 1.44 trillion dollars. On Technology initiatives, in addition to the large amounts of resources assigned to banking technology, JP Morgan Chase has a technology budget of 500 million dollars for Cyber Security; Bank of America invested 400 million, while Wells Fargo spent 250 million on Cyber Security.

Johnson & Johnson is a global American health care manufacturer founded in 1886. The Family of Companies – as they call themselves – consists of more than 250 operating companies in 60 countries employing about 118,000 people worldwide. (J&J)

Morgan Stanley has earned a worldwide reputation for excellence in financial advice and market execution. Today, Morgan Stanley is employing over 51,000 members in about 27 countries connect people, ideas and capital to help their clients reach their financial needs and future goals. (http://www.morganstanley.com). Ever since the year 1997, Morgan Stanley has joined forces with two respected organizations. Morgan Stanley, which was established in New York in 1935 combined with Dean Witter, which was as big and well-known as Morgan Stanley. Dean Witter was established in 1924 in San Francisco. Due to the fact that they have become more powerful by combining each other’s advantages in the

American Express, also know as AMEX, is a global financial services company headquartered in New York City and founded in 1850. With 54,000 employees and a revenue of over 35 billion dollars American Express stands tall on the New York Stock Exchange (Sec.gov). American Express is best known for it’s credit cards, which make up about twenty-five percent of total dollar volume in credit card transactions in The United States of America (Reviews.greatplacetowork.com). American Express’ goal is to maintain a leading and almost elite reputation with as many qualified card holders as possible. American Express does this by concentrating on the customer’s experience and branding that experience. American Express’ key components in maintaining and further exceling into this goal includes focusing on their human recourses, social responsibility, and marketing techniques.

In 1996, Citibank was an emergent banking institution attempting to increase its market share in the competitive Los Angeles area. In order to do so, the bank’s strategy was to focus slightly less on their financial growth, and much more on providing “a high level of service to its customers”. Management viewed this paradigm shift as “critical to the long term success of the franchise”.