Verizon Is Creating a Culture That Focuses on Shareholder Value
Verizon Is Creating a Culture That Focuses on Shareholder Value
Verizon Is Creating a Culture That Focuses on Shareholder Value
Paper instructions:
Management in Action case study “Verizon Is Creating a Culture that Focuses on Shareholder Value”
-Analyze and answer each of the questions in the case study
-It is not necessary for you to type the question itself, but you should number your answers to correspond to the question you are answering.
-Assignment should be 3 pages (600 words) long (excluding cover page, attachments, etc.), double-spaced, using 12-point font and 1-inch margins.
1. Using the competing values framework as a point of reference, how would you describe Verizon’s current organizational culture? Provide examples to support your conclusions.
2. What type of culture is desired by CEO Lowell McAdam to meet his goals? Discuss.
3. Which of the 11 ways to change an organizational culture has Verizon used to create its current culture? Provide examples to support your conclusions.
4. Does Mr. Lowell want to create more of a mechanistic or organic organization? Explain.
5. What is the most important lesson from this case? Discuss.