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> Successful reorgs are done in response to growth, changing markets, and new lines of business. > This is either a desperation or punitive reorg. One could v
by TomVDB 6y ago
> Successful reorgs are done in response to growth, changing markets, and new lines of business.
> This is either a desperation or punitive reorg.
One could very well characterize the reorganization of IBM in the mid nineties as a desperation reorg and a punitive one (100K employees laid off.)
It was also a very successful one.
- toohotatopic 6y agoWas it? It could have been IBM who invented the smartphone or hardware as a service.
- pm90 6y agoThey survived.
- toohotatopic 6y agoSurviving cannot be the ambition of IBM.
- pm90 6y agoClearly you haven't worked at IBM.