John Chambers

Cisco Systems Inc. and the Leadership of John T. Chambers As Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Cisco Systems Incorporated, the leadership of John Thomas Chambers solidified Cisco as the world’s premiere data networking company. Cisco Systems Incorporated is an international technology corporation founded in 1984 and headquartered in San Jose, California. Cisco designs, manufactures and sells networking equipment worldwide and is the largest networking company in the world. The

John Chambers was born on September 12, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois. John Chambers is from Irish decent, his family emigrated from Newport in Ireland. John Chamber died at the age of 78 in Los Angeles, California on August 25, 2001 due to diabetes. Chambers first trained as a commercial artist. Chambers started his career by designing jewelry and carpets. During World War II, Chambers was a medical technician, and he would repair people’s faces and make prosthetic limbs for veterans in Illinois. He

needed more talented personnel with a similar entrepreneurial spirit as himself. After several management turnovers, John Chambers took over the position of CEO. Chambers initiated a strategy to excel Cisco to its “New World Network” vision. Cisco became the lead provider of internet based voice, data, and video computing systems. The following were included in Chambers strategy: 1. Assemble a broad product line which would position Cisco as a single point for business networks. 2

and communicate in ways never thought possible by many. Cisco, an organization that has gone through years of rapid expansion is currently struggling to identify and seize new business opportunities (Bateman, T. S., & Snell, S. A. 2011). CEO, John Chambers thinks that “the way employees are organized in departments, divisions, and councils plays a role in how fast and effectively they can seize new opportunities”. Although Cisco continues to be the market leader in its major product areas, its share

well Kurtz (22-23). Business ethics and social reasonability ethics play a major role in a company’s reputation. Although reputations may seem stereotypical and irrelevant, the play a major role in the success, or failure, of a business, The CEO, John Chambers, constantly reminds the 70,112 workers that “Any success that is not achieved ethically is no success at all” (Cisco Corporate Overview and Resources). To maintain the highest level of ethical moral, Cisco System produces a forty page Code of

Background In 1995, John Chambers joined Cisco Systems as president and CEO. After six years under the supervision of Chambers, the company went from generating $2.2 billion in annual sales to $22.3 billion. As a result of the market downturn in 2001, the company suffered its first loss and laid off 18% of its workforce. Chambers quickly realized Cisco was in need of significant organizational restructuring if Cisco were to survive and thrive the downtown. This change shifted the company from a

Cisco Systems ERP – Case Study Andree Grecchi Hawai’i Pacific University 2/19/2014 IS 6005 Professor: Ken Rossi Table of Contents Who is Cisco? 2 Prehistorical Infrastructure 4 Seeking for a new start 4 Evaluation 6 Conclusion 7 References 8 Who is Cisco? Cisco is one of the most powerful and successful corporation in the IP network industry. In the fiscal 2013 their revenue totaled $48.6 billion and their Net Income was $10.0 billion (Cisco 2013

Slogans have particular power in a sense of how the network from students to teachers, customers to corporations, and ideas to people is structured and is incorporated to have a win- win situation. (Cisco, Chambers, J. 2005). September 8, 2005 September 8, 2005 These slogans make it evident that it is not only about the employees but it involves each and everybody who is anyhow related to the organization. Cisco delivers the message that not only they

mentioned. However in The Call the story is narrated by the rota-secretary of the local Samaritans. Tension in The Superstitious Man is built up in many ways in the story, when Betty finishes her ironing she decides to go up to their chamber but to her great surprise, on reaching the foot the staircase she sees Williams boots, standing in the same place as they always stood, when he had gone to

included interning at the Yadkin Valley Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce is located on East Market Street in Elkin, North Carolina. The time of the internship period was mid-day from 11:30 A.M to 1:00 P.M. This time frame allowed me to be exposed to many lunch meetings that took place. My mentor, Myra Cook, is the president of the Chamber of Commerce. Her role is to help businesses succeed and to promote them to the town of Elkin. At the Yadkin Valley Chamber of Commerce, many valuable skills