| Title: | The Digital way of working |
| Moderator: | QUARK::LIONEL ON |
| Created: | Fri Feb 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5321 |
| Total number of notes: | 139771 |
What would you do?
Gordon Gecko has just told you he thinks Digital is underperforming.
He believes that the company is worth more broken up than as a whole.
He has hired you to develop a plan that will separate the cash cows
from the dogs.
Gordon isn't interested in middle management and you can add, delete,
or redeploy resources on other operations or sell them off. Gordon
also doesn't think much of large corporate and area overheads and would
like operations streamlined. Gordon will finance his takeover with
debt so strong cashflow from operations is essential or sale of assets.
What would you do?
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 2953.1 | IMTDEV::BRUNO | Father Gregory | Wed Mar 23 1994 19:31 | 4 | |
Is it getting boring "down under"?
Greg
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| 2953.2 | Write a book | OPG::TORPEYM | Dog of the Year, 1952 | Thu Mar 24 1994 06:31 | 5 |
I'd tell Gordon (who ever he is?), that stating the blindlingly obvious is no use unless you write it in a book on Consultancy or Management. Then I'd use a Low Value Order to buy same and send it to the SLT. Maybe it would worry the SLT more than it does me, and it doesn't! %-) | |||||
| 2953.3 | OPM vs OPM | FINALY::BELLAMTE | Recycled RP06 mechanic. | Thu Mar 24 1994 08:27 | 1 |
I'd hire Danny DeVito to kick his butt. | |||||
| 2953.4 | Greed is Good! | BOOKS::HAMILTON | All models are false; some are useful - Dr. G. Box | Thu Mar 24 1994 10:09 | 3 |
I'd tell him to let his hair down.
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| 2953.5 | LATVMS::BRANAM | Thu Mar 24 1994 12:49 | 1 | ||
but wash it first... | |||||
| 2953.6 | Go with a proven winner | CAPNET::PJOHNSON | Thu Mar 24 1994 16:46 | 1 | |
Sic Charlie Sheen on him. | |||||
| 2953.7 | the essense of capitalism... | NRSTA2::CARIFIO | Tue Apr 19 1994 16:15 | 11 | |
I would rip the company apart, running under the assumption that
its worth more apart than together.
So which parts do you believe are winners and which are losers?
For example, with the right cost structure, VMS support could be
very profitable, because of its existing installed base. Unfortunately,
the operative word is "the right cost structure".
Digital does some things well and some things poorly. But we aren't
extraordinary in any one piece (to the best of my knowledge). Present
readership always excluded...
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