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now have changed the world in way never thought possible. These paved roads allow me to discuss Ursula Burns. Ursula Burns is the first African-American female Chief Executive Officer. Not only is she a Chief Executive Office, but she is the CEO of Xerox, which is also a Fortune 500 Company. Ursula’s own road was not paved in gold, it was exactly the opposite. A single mother on the lower East Side of Manhattan raised her. Ursula was quoted stating that, “Many people told me I had three strikes against

     Xerox, Apple, IBM, and Compaq all played major roles in the development of the Personal Computer, or ³PC,² and the success of Microsoft. Though it may seem so, the computer industry did not just pop-up overnight. It took many years of dedication, hard-work, and most importantly, thievery to turn the personal computer from a machine the size of a Buick, used only by zit-faced ³ nerds,² to the very machine I am typing this report on.      Xerox started everything

appointed to a cabinet-level position in the government. He currently is a manager who is using the Multinational Development Center (MDC) to help enhance Xerox’s efficiency with worldwide logistics and inventory management systems. He started with Xerox back while he was attending Harvard Business School working as a productivity consultant in the parts and supply area. His early successes through improvements in the multinational computer and management systems allowed him to climb to a position

Business environments, in today’s corporate America, are reaming with men and women of different nationalities and races; corporate globalization is a, direct result of a huge surge in immigration and population growth. Social trends have pushed companies to put together teams of employees from diverse backgrounds that can perform more effectively and creatively together. Diversity is a concept that is also not limited to traits like ethnicity, gender and age, but also includes a broad array of possible

Beulah McGee is a 45 year old female who been working for Xerox Corporation as a Benefits Admin Specialist Xerox for more than six years of her life. Xerox has been offing over time to reps Because of the high call volume. Xerox is the world's leading enterprise for business process and document management. Its services, technology, and expertise enable workplaces from small businesses to large global enterprises to simplify the way work gets done so they operate more effectively and focus more on

For example, when Xerox decided to downsize, the function of Human Resources became environmental scanning strategic planning. The restructuring goal however, included more than just a reduction in force. It was determined that the Human Resource entity needed to be streamlined and become a more efficient part of the organization. As a result, the use of technology, and maintaining employee retention was the core that developed HR into a more strategic part of the Xerox organization. There

and positioning his strategy as the collective decision of the group or executives that were in charge. The example is when he know there was little initial support within the USMG organizations for taking his new multinational approach, he turn to Xerox senior managers for support instead though his line manager. In downward management, Clendenin takes an indirect approach by appealing to personal values. He offers empowerment and fosters learning and development within an working culture that

Business Model Innovation: Opportunities and barriers (Chesbrough, H. 2010) Introduction The title is about the business Model and is more focused on innovation in Business Model and how this strategy is helpful in boosting up the business and economic outputs of a company. This article illustrates that if two companies have same inputs and capabilities the economic outcomes will be dependent on the business strategy adopted. This article was written by the author “Henry Chesbrough” who is a theorist

When they partnered with Xerox Quality Services because Peel felt Xerox’ experience in an integrated structure would address their issues and help the organization to move towards common objectives. This was referred to as a “balanced scorecard” (Harber, 1998). They learned the strengths and identified the areas that needed development and were necessary in order to effectively implement the use of a balanced scorecard. They took the corporate model that Xerox had and turned it into a more

because she is a CEO of a fairly known company Xerox. For this paper I will review and research Ursula’s personal view on life, as well as her management style and of she "lives" their management style? Ursula had a changeling up bring. She didn’t let her home life affect her school life. Burns earned an engineering degree from the Polytechnic Institute of New York and went on to earn a graduate degree from Columbia University. Believe it or not Xerox