Commenting on the efficacy of Ford Motor company

Esli

Esli comments on the effectiveness of Ford Motor Company and highlights Henry Ford's inventiveness and leadership skills at the time the firm was founded. Esli highlights the challenges faced by the early 20th-century automobile industry in order to show how Ford was able to become such a great leader. It was difficult and expensive to transport parts across the nation, especially the bigger ones. In order to meet the rapidly increasing demand for automobiles, Henry Ford started the process of simplifying production in response to this. As a result, the Ford corporation implemented the assembly line and raised worker wages. Esli makes note of the fact that Total Quality Management is essential for any corporation’s survival. TQM allows a business to keep abreast of their financial and market positions, and in turn, excel at the creation of their product or dissemination of their service.

Hilda

Hilda discusses the issue of technology, in particular mobile phones and how they have enabled us to exist in a virtual communal world. Because the rules and parameters of the virtual world are different from those of the physical one, technology has brought with it a myriad of challenges and opportunity. However, a company elects to utilize these possibilities determines its success or failure in the corporate universe. Poshmark is one such company, which has opted to utilize technology to enhance their market reach as well as profits. Built on the same basic foundational structure as is eBay, Poshmark has accumulated a following largely due to their consumer friendly shopping experience which is marred with very few misunderstandings. Poshmark also allows people to buy and sell on its platform, with one of its sellers, Alexa Marquez quitting her job in order to work full time at Poshmark. Marquez’ success at Poshmark lifted her earnings which were pitiful at her last job, to earning above $5000 each month. Poshmark believes in consumer satisfaction as a core element of conceptualizing, implementing and sustaining a business.

Adriana

In her discourse, Adriana highlights some critical elements of leadership that enable great leaders to take their entities to the heights of the corporate ladder. Key among this is identifying the what the best course of action in, both in good times and in bad. Walmart was born of Sam Walton, who in 1962, endeavored to establish his own supermarket franchise. Walton was to become a great leader as he respected and valued his staff, as well as fostering a culture of acceptance and appreciation with the clients. Walmart became the brand it is largely due to Walton’s leadership skill and ability to simultaneously appreciate the client and the employee.

Response on Organization

All three students exhibited good structure on their work. Starting from a generalized point, the students would first talk broadly regarding the concept of leadership, and what makes a greater great. Subsequently, the students would introduce an example, which is critical to the enumeration of the intricacies of leadership, particularly from a pragmatic perspective. The texts also comprised some direct quotes, which grounds the student’s essays in reality. By drawing on real world leadership figures such as Sam Walton, Henry Ford and Poshmark management, Esli, Adriana and Hilda are able to bring to focus the issue of leadership.