Introduction “It’s a Sony!” Sony is one of today’s leading brand in electronics, from personal to home entertainment audio and video system, communications gadget, broadcasting and other professional electronic devices, personal computer, digital camera, to robots. Sony Corporation is a Japanese electronics giant, and has now evolved into a multinational company. This essay brings to light Sony Corporation’s organizational culture and structure. Also, it is going to analyze the extent in which organizational culture and structure impede or contribute to the effectiveness of the organization. The following paragraph shows a brief history of the work organization. A Brief History of Sony In 7 May 1946 at …show more content…
It is interesting to note the underlying ideologies behind these objectives that Sony Corporation has set. The national culture is evident in the way these objectives are created, aside from the fact that this work organization was born during the aftermath of the World War II. Mr. Ibuka has pictured that his company will serve as his contribution for national development, and that technology is the key to their growth. This is in line with the national advancement that the Japanese government was aiming at then. How reliable is the very first incorporation objective? In an interview with Mr. Yoshihide Nakamura, the current deputy president of Sony’s Core Technology and Network Company, when asked to describe the existing culture within Sony, his testimony says, “…But Sony’s culture is a mix of very Japanese thinking and not very Japanese thinking. In a sense we are very free. We are not forced to do anything as long as we are doing a good job. You really have freedom in Sony. If you’re innovative, you are given new opportunities. Some people who may not really be suited for anything in other companies can still survive in Sony. They will be given an opportunity to try to realize their dream. … (Beamish 2000)” These are Sony Corporation’s management policies. The
Japan is the home to of the top companies in the world. One of the companies, which has helped Japan’s economy to be one of the top, is Sony. Modern day Sony is a high profit high output company, which is manly due to its marketing strategies and decision to its customers.
Sony Corporation is a Japanese owned company, created in 1946 based in Tokyo, Japan. The company competes in the technology market with diversity. This includes video games, computers and computer hardware, television, media players, etc. With that being said, Sony has had their ups and downs over the past few years, just like everyone else in this industry. Things such as the U.S. economy can really affect the future of this company. Now that the economy is on the downfall, things such as entertainment are not as important as paying for food, gas, and other bills. It is important to realize these things as you analyze the company due to the fact that the company
Sony must reposition its “growth driven” and “stable profit generator” sectors in their markets to increase its audience, achieve sales growth, profit expansion and maximization, and capture market shares.
This text critically examines organizational behavior in Pluto Telecommunications through analysis of the relationship among the job design, motivation, structural form and the work culture. The Managing Director of Pluto Telecommunication came to understanding that the three departments within the organization: Sales, Marketing and Customer Service do not communicate with each other which have a direct negative impact on the company’s performance. Further investigations show that the three departments are different in term of what motivates the employees, the time span for achieving the goals, culture established within the departments and the structural forms within the departments. The organizational dilemma is how to balance out
This paper will examine organizational structures, organizational systems and how organizational culture influences both structure and systems. Throughout this paper, there will an analogy to the human body to help further the understanding of the concepts of structure and systems in an organization. This analogy is based on the academic work of Goold and Campbell (Goold & Campbell, 2002). The first part of this paper will review different organizational structures. The second part will look at various organizational systems and how they may be
In this essay about managing culture in the post-bureaucratic era, I am going to argue how the practices of managing culture have changed in this era and how they differentiate oneself from the bureaucratic era. Furthermore I describe the cultural influences especially in organizations and how the importance of those influences changed over the time. In the first section I am going to explain the content of managing organization culture to get a first insight in the topic and to express the knowledge about the influences of the culture in an organization. In the next chapter I separate between two perspectives of the cultural organizations and explain which of the both are relevant for the assignment question. The next step of my
Sony is one of the leading if not leading technology Corporation within the technical business world today. This organization headquarters can be found in Tokyo, Japan. Sony business is focus on electronics, entertainment, and gaming systems, and it also has a financial service sector. The Sony organization mainly focus on electronics such as video games, and TV networking. With these elements it makes Sony a premier organization that
The purpose of this paper is to answer the following questions posed in module three case study assignment: “Can Michael Dell be successful in turning around Dell Computers? What are some of the main initiatives (related to Organizing) that Dell has implemented in order to turn Dell Computers around?”. To answer these questions we must determine what organizational design is and what Michael Dell has done to his company with regards to Organization Design.
“To become a leading global provider of networked consumer electronics, entertainment and services.” That’s the mission of Sony, producer of the Sony Playstation. Sony, information and
As we all known, Sony and Matsushita are two of the largest consumer electronic makers in Japan or even in the world. And in this reading, it points out the different strategies Sony and Matsushita use when they were facing the fierce competition in China ----- Matushita was accelerating its pace on stretching the supply chain in China while Sony unexpectedly decided to shift some of its manufacturing business in China back to Japan. In this article, I will discuss the reasons that lead them to make different decision as well as analysize the advantages and the disadvantages of their decision.
Back in 2002, Sony geared themselves toward a vertical strategy as reported by Rob Weisenthal, VP and CFO of Sony Corp. of America, “Under the USA umbrella, we undertook a number of vertical initiatives for each operating division. These have already produced significant operational streamlining and financial performance improvements.” As discussed in his release, Weisenthal talked about Sony Pictures Entertainment and their strategy to restructure television operations, where core programming competencies were focused on. Film and television digitalization efforts have been expanded and have engineered a significant reduction in their corporate overhead. In addition, he mentionted that Sony Music has made long
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the culture, the internal, and the external factors in an organization. Our job is to examine the entirety of the organization. That would include the structural and environmental elements that effect the operation of the business. We will also take an in depth look at the perspectives of employees, managers, owners, and clientele.
In the history of Sony, they tend to have many failures in creating a technology or gadgets. They fail to make the consumers accept the thought of their gadget. One example is the Betamax. But on the other hand Sony continuously innovate their products and they also in tend to create new ones. Sony is also the one
Sony Company is a Japanese multinational corporation. Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita are the founders of the company, in late 1945. The corporation is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is among the leading electronic products manufacturers for consumer products. The company manufactures varied consumer electronics, equipment for video communications, innovative cameras and information technology equipment. It is one of the leading digital entertainment brands globally. It offers customers a range of exciting multimedia content. In the next one and
There are several factors that do affect a given business, with the most outspoken being the leadership of the organization. Other factors include staffing, planning and marketing among many others. A combination of all these factors leads to a self-sustaining structure, a given way of operations within the firm, commonly referred to as workplace culture. This is displayed in the conduct of the employees and in the general relations within the firm’s staff and the society at large. This paper consists of two parts; part I which goes in to describe the specific culture, and part II that presents a sample case through an interview.