The Paradoxical Twins: Acme and Omega Electronics

Many companies are very keen and ready to clinch Work Base Learning in an organization, not mainly because it provide you with lifelong learning, but also it is an important ingredient of what Senge (1990) has termed as the ‘learning organization’. A learning organization is a place in which the learning and flair of persons is backed and promoted so that the organization itself be able to form its future and it also very important to gain competitive advantage.

On the other hand, organizational performances can be enhanced in the following manner; by creating success requires respect for everyone’s needs, talents, and aspirations, as well as an understanding of the dynamics of human behavior in organizational systems. Organizations do well when the people in them work hard to achieve high performance, as individuals and as members of teams. The ultimate goal of OB is to improve the performance of people, groups, and organizations, and to improve the quality of work life overall (Schermerhorn, 2011).

There are several reasons for this. Endothon is a space exploration company and they would likely have very time sensitive schedules to keep and goals to achieve. Market organization structure prioritizes timely goal achievement whereas less controlled forms do not prioritize goal completion in this fashion. Another reason I would recommend the use of a Market Organization structure relates to Endothon the purchasing company’s prioritization of productivity this is distinctly a benefit of a market

For most companies, identifying what a learning organization should be and actually becoming one is tricky at best, impossible at worst. One way that manager's and companies can promote the concept of being a learning organization is to assess whether the company is in need of a short-term fix or whether it is more focused on long-term results. Organizational learning is a long-term activity that will build competitive advantage over time and requires sustained management attention, commitment, and effort. Learning organizations maximize their competitive positions during strong economic times and they prudently train their employees and prepare for change even in turbulent times. As a result, learning organizations and learning

The purpose of this paper is to describe a selected organization or workgroup that has

Evo using a decentralized organizational structure. When Mr. Phillips started his company, he started off using a centralized organization structure, due to the size of the company. As the company began to see rising growth, the owner recognized the need to transform to decentralization. The lower level employees at Evo have been given power to make decisions which directly affect their individual jobs (Phillips &Gully, 2014). By allowing the lower level employees involvement it is not only giving the employees the opportunity for growth but also allows upper management to free up time for other important responsibilities (Phillips &Gully, 2014). Employees also build trust in the company, change employee attitudes, and ultimately rises the overall

There is unity: group identity is complete, group morale is high, and group loyalty is intense. The task function becomes genuine problem solving, leading toward optimal solutions and optimum group development. There is support for experimentation in solving problems and an emphasis on achievement. The overall goal is productivity through problem solving and work.

Batool, H., & Riaz, S. (2011). Factors for making an organization ‘a learning organization’. Retrieved on August 26, 2011, from http://www.trikal.org/ictbm11/pdf/OB/D1132-done.pdf

Learning organizations today must be adequately able to readily adapt to change the mind-sets and behaviors of the people within. Although this sounds like a unified joint statement for each and every organization however, there are so many organizations that yet do not acknowledge the actual truths and current trends that illustrate particular dysfunctional behaviors that exist and occur each day. Learning organization aid and enable companies and business to run, operate, and function with efficiently. As organizations learn together, they attain knowledge, acquire skills and information and evolve at a faster rate. Culture begins to be created after learning organization are established and they are placed

According to Mohamed Madi (et al) (2012) stated that the employees will not performed well unless the employees in such organizations are committed and work effectively in teams. It good to have faithful employees who do their job tasks independently;

An organization’s capability to learn and convey that learning into action quickly, is the supreme competitive advantage. The learning organization is the structure that eases the realization of such competitive advantage, it empowers employees, it deepens and enhances the customer experience and cooperation with main business partners and eventually improves business performance. Organizational learning is considered as the suitable process to develop knowledge resources and capabilities/core competencies (human capital, social capital and organizational capital) that engender ongoing values; which in turn yield persistence superior performance; which lead to sustainable competitive advantage within the context of the strategic management.

* Managers needed to see how they were all involved in the company together and understand each other on a personal level, not just professional.

Arrow Electronics was founded in the early 1935 and grown to the number two position as a retailer of radio equipment by 1980. Arrow Electronics is broad-line distributor of electronic parts, including semiconductors and passive components. In 1982 Stephan Kaufman became a president of the company, couple years later and CEO. Then Arrow Electronics started to climb, reaching the number one position among electronics distributors by 1992. One of the Arrow’s five operating groups and the largest, was Arrow/Schweber. This group sells semiconductors to different customers’ bases, such as Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and Contract Manufacturers (CM). They sell one third of all Arrow Electronics’ total sales (2.07 billion dollars of 6.5 billion dollars).

Jashapara (2011) defines organisational learning as the processes of improving organisational actions through better knowledge and understanding.

Finally Acme discovers the way to reduce the cost by 20% and they won the contract.  Omega may have won the battle, but Acme has won the war because its mechanistic structure fosters a concern for technical efficiency and cost reduction in what is a routine manufacturing environment. In this particular case, Acme decides to run a "tight ship" (mechanistic structure) in order to increase productivity and efficiency, and to decrease costs. The advantage of this strategy is that they can undersell their competition (Omega) by selling at a lower cost. Omega, on the other hand, is nearly too opposite. They run a more organic structure, which relies heavily upon communication, delegation and teamwork. This strategy allows Omega to effectively compete with Acme by stressing reliability and by placing emphasis on quality.