General Dynamics : Organization And Leader Analysis

General Dynamics, a Fortune 100 company has been serving the U.S. government for more than 50 years. As information technology (IT) has transformed the way the U.S. military fights and wins wars and so too has General Dynamics by becoming one of top five market leaders in U.S. to provide mission critical information systems and technologies. (General Dynamics History) General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) has become the largest and fastest growing segment in General Dynamics. GDIT provides information technology (IT) systems engineering, professional services and simulation and training to agencies across the U.S. government and to allied nations around the world. In 2005, General Dynamics Corp agreed to by Anteon International Corp for about $2.1 billion to expand its technology services to the U.S. government and military. (Rigby) A year after the agreement, General Dynamics Network Systems acquired Anteon, a leading IT services company that provided government customers with the systems integration, strategy and program management, systems engineering, operations services and simulation and training solutions necessary to manage the development and operations of mission critical systems. General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employ approximately 96,000 people worldwide to include San Diego branch. (General Dynamics.com)

According to its Annual Report, General Dynamics operates four separate divisions; Aerospace, Combat Systems, Marine Systems, and Information Systems and Technology. Each division is responsible for its own profitability and according to the recent press release the company employs approximately 95,000 individuals worldwide. The company touts itself as a "market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions, shipbuilding and marine systems, and information and technology" (p 3).

As a graduate and employee of Eastern New Mexico University-Ruidoso (ENMU-Ruidoso), I have more than 14 years of experience with the organization. ENMU-Ruidoso is a young campus, having only three leaders in its 23 years. I have been fortunate enough to work with all three and have observed their different leadership styles and the impact those styles have had on the campus.

Traditionally, the military is used for defense, whether it is to defend the country or the country’s interests. However, sometimes the threat which to defend against is harder to discern than when in open warfare. In the modern age, a large threat to America and countries everywhere is terrorism. From September 11, 2001 to the Florida shootings, terrorism, domestic and abroad, has been a true threat

The U.S. continues to implement effective initiatives and provide adequate resources for the War on international terrorism; whereas the threat magnitude of international terrorism is miniscule in comparison to the number of mass shootings and hate crimes taking place on a daily basis in this country.

The U.S. continues to implement effective initiatives and provide adequate resources for the war on international terrorism; whereas the threat magnitude of international terrorism is miniscule in comparison to the number of mass shootings and hate crimes which take place in this country on a daily basis.

When the September 11, 2001 attacks occurred the United States responded in a manner which was seen as a traditional reaction to such an attack; it used its overwhelming superior military to invade the nation of Afghanistan. As Afghanistan was the operating base of the terrorist group responsible for the attacks, Al Qaeda, the invasion all but destroyed the group's operating capacity. But in response to the United States' apparent victory the terrorists have re-organized themselves into a looser confederation and turned to alternative methods of finance and operation. One could say that the success of the American military's answer to the September 11th attacks have created a new environment in which terrorists currently operate. This includes the use of the internet, unconventional alliances with international criminal organizations, as well the inception of the "lone wolf" terrorist. Faced with these new type of threats, the United States and its allies must find a way to identify and deal with them.

Fatimah is a 30-year-old woman who owns and manages her own fashion brand label and design company. She started her business 2005. In addition to managing her business, Fatimah is the mother of three adorable kids, ages 5, 7, and 9. In her fashion company, she heads a team of 26 employees ranging from tailors, salesperson, drivers, and secretaries. Fatimah supervises operations, coordinates her staff, and displays good leadership and communication skills. She also interacts regularly with clients and suppliers.

Organizations can have open or closed systems. Open systems interact with environment through giving and receiving information (Vogt, 2013). Contrary to widely held belief that organizations are closed systems, the virtue of the fact that they exchange resources with their environment qualifies them to be open systems. Public relations department is considered to be an open system because it interacts with the outside environment on a regular basis (Vogt, 2013). In closed systems all interactions and knowledge are transmitted within the system only. This hampers growth because the flow of information cannot allow for interaction with the outside environment (Vogt, 2013). Closed system organizations are known for setting up a hierarchy of offices, creating rules that guide performance, and separating personal and professional rights. Closed systems hold efficiency and control in high esteem. A company's production line is a typical example of closed system. Any deliberations from top level management or information from competing production lines cannot interfere with its activities (Vogt, 2013). Workers in that line are obligated to their tasks on that line with interference from any quarter. Research and Development within organizations like the computer organizations are a closed system because such departments do not interact with outside division. This is purposefully done to protect trade secrets and inventions from being leaked to competing

The world has been changed forever since the tragic attack on September 11, 2001. An observer described the atrocity by saying, "It just went 'bam,' like a bomb went off. It was like holy hell (CNN 1). " The new world will be different from what any American has known before. A new war has arisen, not against a foreign country or a major region of the world, but rather against a select group of people who have the capabilities to destroy the lives of so many. The war against terrorism which the United States is now forced to wage will not be an easily won battle. This war will not be fought solely on scattered battlefields in certain countries. It will instead permeate through every aspect of life as we

The leadership style at Boeing is high structured, high consideration where the organization provides step by step guidance on how tasks are to be completed and it is highly considerate of the employee needs and wants. At Boeing honesty matters, the organization outlines initiatives that focuses on enabling the culture of openness and accountability to maintain an ethical workplace that will increase business performance. Their leadership is based on transformational leadership where the focus is on their ethical approach to doing things the correct way and allowing employees to be open about issues and concerns. This approach has become embedded in the ethical decision-making aspect of business, equipping managers

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General Dynamics (GD) has realized a long-standing history of success delivering product and service solutions since being formed in 1952. They have purposely divested themselves of technology, product and service offerings in an effort to remain focused on their core competencies and primary customer; the United States Department of Defense. While GD’s primary customer remains the DoD, they have diversified their offerings to adjacent markets within the DoD (e.g, Information Technology and Cybersecurity solutions). GD has also

Hospital AB and Health Center is a community based acute care general hospital. The hospital is proactive in seeking methods to identify and provide all sources of community benefit and charity care. The mission of the hospital as stated in administrative service manual policy 726 (2005) is “With caring and compassion, we will improve the health and quality of life of the people we service.” The purpose of existence of the hospital is the commitment to patients and community to first understand their needs, second to provide services that meet these needs; and third, the recognition that service and clinical excellence are only achieved if they are delivered with caring and compassion.

Ever since the beginning of the terrorist attacks on American soil, the War on Terror has been involved in the lives of Americans and nations near us. The War on Terror’s background originated through conflicts between warring countries in the Middle East; U.S. involvement started when a terrorist guided plane crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 in New York City. The attack was suspected to be the work of the middle-eastern terrorist group Al-Qaeda. The U.S. military, under the leadership of then commander-in-chief George W. Bush, declared a “War on Terror” on the terrorist group and the fighting began.