Sergio Marchionne and the Chrysler Group

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In the observation of Sergio Marchionne and the Chrysler group there were many things that needed to change within the organization to make it survive not only the recession but the future in a competitive leading edge automobile industry. There were a couple of observable artifacts, and a Hieracicial framework that may have led Chrysler into bankruptcy. It is still not clear if Chrysler has changed the Vision statement for the organization, but after a review it is clear that it is customer focused. I found it interesting that Mr. Marchionne did not purchase Chrysler, it was a Government agreed merger with Fiat (“Fiat, Chrysler and Sergio Marchionne,” n.d.) Sergio Marchionne was able to change the culture and combine two companies in two countries and managed to boost sales and profit. (Clothier, n.d.)
The Chrysler Company had observable artifacts such as the executive tower set apart from the engineers which indicates a Hierarchical Value framework. This is where everyone below the CEO is subordinate to someone (Colette L. Meehan, n.d.) With this structure there is middle m...

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