Siemon Company Case Study

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Values and Culture According to Carl N. Siemon, “providing customers the highest level of quality, service, innovation, and value is the highest priority at the Siemon Company” (Siemon, 2015). Siemon achieve this through teamwork, creativity, resourcefulness, and integrity which have been the core values that the Siemon Company has lived by since 1903. “Values are the underlying principles or standards that guide all human actions – personal and organizational” (Nolan, Goodstein, & Goodstein, 2008, p 43). Based on these values, "Siemon has cultivated a culture of continuous improvement and leadership" (Siemon, 2015). After 112 years, Siemon 's unique family culture is stronger than ever. The Siemon brothers surround themselves with talented …show more content…

All employees within the organization abide by the company 's beliefs and values. This creates a corporate culture that is the driving force in how the company does business. When culture is shared by people within an organization, a company can create a business strategy knowing that the entire organization will apply the guidelines in a uniform manner and improve the chances that a strategy will succeed. Values and culture have a direct impact on developing business strategy. If an organization’s culture is to resist change, a strategy plan that’s too far afield would not succeed. However, in this case, the culture of the Siemon Company is aligned with the strategic plan outlined in this paper. The company 's culture is acceptable to change and is in position to become a high quality comprehensive manufacturer of both …show more content…

"Others in the industry are dependent on subcontractors to design tools and produce parts" (R. Carlson, personal communications, December 3, 2015). Siemon designs and builds tooling to make the metal and plastic components and design and build the automation equipment that puts these components together. Siemon metal stamping, injection molding, and sheet metal forming processes are a few core competencies that are relevant in achieving the company’s future goals of manufacturing cable. These core competencies meet the requirement of the VIRO analysis which means they are valuable, rare, and imitable and a right fit for the organization. Siemon can utilize these core competencies and their manufacturing capabilities to set up a cable manufacturing division moving

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