Company Background
We interview the site general manager for a company called Bombardier Transportation. His name is Jeff Gaffney. His official company title is MARC Operations General Manager. Bombardier Transportation is one of two subsidiaries of the company. The other half is Bombardier Aerospace. The parent company is called Bombardier Inc. Bombardier Inc. is headquartered in Montreal Canada. Jeff Gaffney is only involved in the transportation division of the company which is headquartered in Berlin Germany. Bombardier is the leading manufacturer of trains and the third leading manufacturer of planes. The company as a whole has roughly about 72,000 employees with a revenue averaging around $16.8 billion. These numbers are statistics split between the two divisions of the company. As stated before Mr. Gaffney is involved in the transportation division of the company so that is what the interview was primarily about.
Mr. Gaffney was born in Canada and has been with Bombardier for 20 years. He has worked his way up from maintenance in the shops up in Canada to moving to Maryland and obtaining his position as GM for the Maryland site. Bombardier Transportation or BT has a predominant stay in Europe with at least 5-6 sites in the US. BT has sites in Miami, Orlando, LA (2 sites), New York and Maryland among others. The Maryland site has a contract with MTA to run the service and maintenance for the MARC train lines. They run the Camden and Brunswick train lines but not the
They faced challenges from acquiring many companies because during the acquisitions Bombardier inherited the data, processes and systems of each company which created inefficiencies. Systems didn’t communicate with each other resulting in low inventory turns and price inconsistency. This was not productive for Bombardier and was time consuming for the employees. The biggest problem was the low visibility of inventory and the lack of communication between systems. Bombardier had now a global presence but was not organized to maintain growth without changing the vision and processes. Another challenge is resistance to change, this factor can have a huge impact on the new vision and
The most important leadership hat of the president is the Chief Executive Hat or power. In respect to this hat, the president of the United States has the power to enforce laws of the United States, create policies, appoint federal judges, and fires or hire officials or representatives within the executive branch. This hat is important because it enables the president to make decisions that help maintain the economic stability as well as the political stability of the country. For instance, by enforcing laws and appointing federal judges, the president is able to make decisions that help maintain stability within the United States. In turn, this enables economic indicators such as businesses to flourish efficiently.
In this paper we will examine the management style of Google Inc. We will also evaluate two key changes in the selected company's management style from the company's inception to the current day. Indicate whether or not you believe the company is properly managed. As well as explain senior management's role in preparing the organization for its most recent change. Provide evidence of whether the transition was seamless or problematic from a management perspective. Also we will evaluate management's decision on its use of vendors and spokespersons. Indicate the organizational impact of these decisions. And we will look
This uncertainty has led to Bombardier’s struggling stock price and inability to release products in a timely manner. In order to cope with this uncertainty, Bombardier attempted to establish a favourable linkage with key elements in the environment by forming a formal strategic alliance. A $3.4 billion joint venture in Russia was created to reduce the uncertainty where both parties share the risks and costs of large projects. However, the economic sanction imposed by Canada on Russian companies, as well as the country’s political situation and weak economy has led to a delay on the production of 100 jets and various cancellations. As CEO Pierre Beaudoin stated, “the conditions are not right at this point” indicating the dire effects of the environment on profits (The Canadian Press,
According to a recent survey by SFP (Spencer Francey Peters), a North American branding agency and The Strategic Counsel, WestJet came in at number 3 in Canada's best managed brands, while Air Canada bottomed out in last place. "Respondents ranked companies based on a number of criteria relating to delivery of brand promise including consumer focus, customer service, brand values, reliability, consistency, value, trustworthiness and respect" (par3 Best Managed Brands). The interesting part of this survey, is that by having consumers respond to these criteria, the companies' brands are judged not by how much value the consumer sees in the product and service they are purchasing, and not just the popularity or commonplace the brand may
Recommendations for managers who demand to be leaders are to appearance compassion. To be a leader a person needs to see the world as an opportunity to change. They need to accept the employees ' dilemmas. Respect the assessment of the advisers and accomplish decisions that will be acceptable not only for them but the
In these two schematic representations we can see that the biggest business group of Bombardier is the Aerospace group with a revenue of $8 126 M during for year 2000. As Bombardier is the number one or two globally in the aerospace industry, depending on which under group you are looking at, Bombardier is considered to have a high competitive advantage. The industry attractiveness is rather high, as it is a global industry with a turnover of many billions dollars, but also with a high growth of about 5 % per year.
Establishing an effective corporate culture for the new conglomerate is essential to Bombardier Transportation’s success. Pierre
A key strength for WestJet has been the ability to achieve success through a great corporate culture, and using Strategic hiring, training, and rewarding service oriented employees. They understand the importance of top-down commitment by management. (Karp, 2011), (Ostrower, 2012), (Carr,
Overview Bombardier Aerospace is a division of Bombardier Inc. and the third largest global airplane manufacturer after Boeing and Airbus. Its headquarters are in Quebec, Canada, and with 33,600 employees is poised to become a major player in helping the developing world acquire aircraft. The C-Series is a family of narrow-body, twin-engine, medium range jet liners which, despite some challenges in orders, remains a committed product line. It is designed for the 100-150 seat market, which is about 20,000 aircraft globally and represents about $250 billion in revenue over the next few decades. One interesting fact about the C-Series is that it is truly global in components and supply, sourcing from manufacturers in China, Italy, The Netherlands, France, the United States, and Great Britain (Change is in the Air, 2012).
An office chief handles an assortment of errands and handles a large number of the every day operations inside of the veterinary clinic. They might handle shift planning, talking with potential new representatives, keeping up office supplies and gear, keeping up finance and bookkeeping, and overseeing
Reputational Resources: Bombardier has been known to be the world leader in business and regional aircraft manufacturing.
The Aerospace division has headquarters in Montreal and is the 3rd largest designer and manufacturer of commercial aircraft in the world. Bombardier Aerospace believed that regional jet is necessary
As Satya Nadella takes over the position that Mr. Ballmer once endured, his spirit took off with great confidence concerning his new role at the company (Microsoft, 2014). The next decade is likely to reveal the level of success his abilities bring to the future of the company and his own status as leader.
First of all according to Hawthorne human relations implication is very important. Worker attitude toward their manager affect the level of their performance. When there is human relationship exist among the manager and the employees then there will be less confusion, and more understanding among each other. A good working environment will be only achieve through human relations, and mutual respect, where individual value each other and as result of that they will achieve a peaceful working environment. It will differently have a positive influence in the organization toward employees and customers.