Internal Issues
Organizational Structure
As revealed in Exhibit 1, Ford operates using a divisional-by-geographic region organizational structure. Alan Mulally retired as CEO of Ford Motor Company on July 1, 2014, and was replaced by the then COO Mark Fields. In December 2014, the company hired a Chief Analytics Officer.
Exhibit 1 Ford’s Organizational Structure
Source: Based on information in Ford’s 2014 Annual Report.
Vision/Mission
Ford does not have a published vision statement, but does have a stated mission statement, which is based on four key components and paraphrased as follows:
One Ford: Align employee ...
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