Problem:
• What kind of company is Netflix, how would explain their business model?
• In your opinion what is the dynamics of a company like Netflix?
• What is the organizational Culture of Netflix?
• What is the Organizational behavior of Netflix, what would you say is their organizational behavior problem?
• What would you say is the organizational behavior opportunity?
• In the case of the organizational behavior problem of a company like Netflix what course of action would you recommend in addressing the problem?
• In the case of the organizational behavior opportunity for Netflix what course of action would you recommend in addressing the organizational behavior opportunity?
• Do believe that Netflix has a future or will they eventually slowly phase out of business like Blockbuster Video.
Discussion Questions:
Scenario An affluent family has appreciated stock and real estate. It constitutes substantial wealth but also contributes to estate planning problems during the current year. The parents have a long-standing interest in affordable housing and would like to take an active role in supporting the community. They would also like to get their adult children involved in philanthropy.
* What advice would you offer to this family?
The Balance Scorecard is a measurement based management system that incorporates feedback loops through the internal business functions and around the external outcomes of those functions. Employee measures should watch employee's attitudes, ethical conduct, feelings, knowledge, and skill. Articulate clear cause-and-effect relationships to show how each collectively leads to the company vision measures. Once a balanced scorecard system is implemented the scorecard must be updated with current business governance, departmentally relevant information or it will be useless. There must be a system for collecting relevant information and relaying feedback to all organizational members.
* Do you believe an employee's personal information should be available to all organizational leadership or availability should be given to those managers that need access to the information to conduct there departmental operational activities? Consider the increase in identity theft?