Ford Motor Company

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Ford Motor Company
Organization Information
Alyce Schiess

• Hometown
• Boise, Idaho
• Undergraduate Degree
• BS-Business Management, 1999
• BYU
• Work Experience
• English teacher in Taiwan
• Career Goal
• Executive Training/Coach or college professor

• Products/Services
• www.ford.com
• Weve got your Model-T and a little bit more
• Background
• Founded by Henry Ford 100 years ago
• 350,000 employees worldwide
• 1.7 billion total revenue 67 million in
  operating income (FY2000)
• Culture
• Fast-paced, change-oriented, consumer-oriented
• Peopleintelligent, diverse, flexible
• Structurehuge, layers, layers, layers

Lessons Learned
Summer Projects

• Dont get caught in the rut
• If the traditional way isnt working, find
  another way to get the job done
• Sell yourself and your work
• People have a lot on their plates, so you have to
  make them hungry for what you have
• Meet people learn all you canif for no other
  reason than because thats what were on this
  earth to do.
• HR isnt bunk
• Decide from your own experience if you think HR
  adds valueand then get in there and start adding
  value
• Plan! And then act
• Whenever you can, plan before you jump in and
  start working. You will be more successful.

• Change Management Facilitation
• Assessed costs/benefits of implementing B2B and
  other e-tools for Ford/supplier relationship
  building
• Performance Management
• Assessed and made recommendations for improving
  performance management systems
• Process Improvement Tools
• Created benchmarking tool for executive-level
  managers
• Developed orientation process for new employees