Dell Computers report
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of coordinating the efforts of people to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively. (Press, 2013) Therefore a manager is responsible for ensuring that all of this happens accordingly. Michael Dell the founder and Manager of Dell computers perfectly shows all of these skills. Dell computers are a multinational computer trading company that was first established back in 1984. Dell develops, sells, repairs and supports computers and their related products and services (Dell, 2013). Michael S. Dell the creator of this business used his impressive entrepreneurial skills along with his fascination with computers to establish and uphold this internationally acclaimed business. In 1991 Dell was making sales of $546 million, although come late 1993 it proved to be a challenge for Dell as there was a recorded loss of $36 million (Dell, N.D). The company was in need of serious changes to rebuild its successes. It was time for Michael Dell to step in as a manger and take control. Through the the use of the management theories Organisational behaviour, strategic management, Decision making and Human Resources Michael dell was able to turn Dell into a money making market leading success once again.
Organisational Behaviour
The first thing Michael needed to do to get dell back on track was take leadership over his teams. Michael has always been a strong believer of getting involved with all of his employees and having strong management and leadership attributes showing throughout his whole company. Positive outcomes of building an effective team at Dell was that it allowed staff to take leadership with their own tasks and decisions and for all the different branches of Dell to come together and work towards the same goals that Michael envisioned. For such a big company this was very important as there are so many different things going on in different
Organisational Behaviour
The first thing Michael needed to do to get dell back on track was take leadership over his teams. Michael has always been a strong believer of getting involved with all of his employees and having strong management and leadership attributes showing throughout his whole company. Positive outcomes of building an effective team at Dell was that it allowed staff to take leadership with their own tasks and decisions and for all the different branches of Dell to come together and work towards the same goals that Michael envisioned. For such a big company this was very important as there are so many different things going on in different
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