P.1 Organizational Description: What are your key organizational characteristics? Describe your organization’s operating environments and your key relationships with residents, stakeholders, suppliers, and partners.

Within your response, include answers to the following questions:

  1. ORGANIZATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
  2. What is the organization’s environment: urban, suburban, rural, etc.?

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an organization that is fortunate enough to operate in many countries, to be exact it is about 170 countries across the globe. IBM’s headquarters are based in Armonk, New York. Meanwhile the organization operates in many countries and its headquarters are based in the city, the type of organizational environment for IBM is urban.

  1. What are your organization’s main product or service offerings? What is the relative importance of each to your organizational success (e.g., skilled nursing, subacute, assisted living, etc.)?

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is a business that attentions mainly on computer-based products. This organization produces and sells computer products like software, hardware and it also conducts professional consulting services. Although the main focus of the company is computers, it is very much so involved in patenting. The company has invented various products like the floppy disks and the automated teller machine among other products (Heckscher et al., 2017). By producing and inventing computer-based products, the company has higher value and it has been profitable in the market.

  1. What is the organization’s MISSION/VISION statement (verbatim) and the specific methods used to communicate it across the organization? What are your organization’s CORE COMPETENCIES and their relationship to your MISSION?

Mission statement

International Business Machines Corporation’s positions that the company aims to lead in the creation of the most advanced information technology products which include computer hardware and software. The company intends to transform these products to value creation for the customers.

Vision Statement

IBM’s vision statement is to become the most prosperous information technology organization in the world. The company aims to help its customer to use technology to solve the problems they face in their daily lives (Jörn, 2016).

More importantly effective leadership and instant response to customer needs are two key methods that are used to communicate both the mission and the vision statements of IBM. The core competencies of IMB are problem solving, client focus, communication, teamwork and commitment to success (Heckscher et al., 2017). These competencies are so important because they help this organization achieve its missions and visions.

  1. What is the organization’s WORKFORCE profile? Identify your KEY WORKFORCE groups by department and function. You may use a table to provide your response.