Amazon

Organization or Company Profile

Note: You may use an actual or
fictional organization

The following organization/company is
proposed for the completion of the Initial and Final papers for this
course: Plan for Effectively Integrating
and Deploying Knowledge Management and Information Systems to Achieve
Organizational Improvement

What is the name of organization/company (a pseudonym is acceptable)?

Amazon

Is this an actual organization/company or fictional?

Actual

Is the organization/company for-profit, non-profit, or government?

Non-Profit

What is the major product or service of the
organization/company?

Online Shopping, Delivery, ect.

What is the size of the organization/company (i.e., number
of employees, annual revenue or budget, number of locations)?

798,000 Employees, 110 active fulfillment centers in the US and 185 centers
globally.

What part of the organization/company are you going to review (e.g.,
entire organization/company, division, subunit, or group)? Please be specific.

The entire organization, growth and new development and acquiring new
sectors for growth.

How will you gain access to the
details of the organization/company (e.g.,
current culture, current systems, insights on management support)? Note: If
using a fictional organization, how will you
develop the details?

I will do research and gain details of the organization/company in new
processes and developments that have been discussed and introduced.

Why did you select this
organization/company for this final assignment?

Amazon has grown and acquired so many new entities and has grown from
just an online shopping outlet to delivering groceries, medicine and also today
acquired a streaming service. This will bring new competition to other
streaming service like Netflix and Disney plus.

What specific requirements are going to be addressed by the deployment
of knowledge management and information systems?

People. Your program
should increase the ability of individuals within the organization to
influence others with their knowledge.
Processes. The processes
you establish should include best practices and governance for the
efficient and accurate identification, management and dissemination of
knowledge.
Technology. The technology
you choose should enhance how you configure and use tools and automation
to enable knowledge management.
Structure. Organizational
structures should transform to facilitate and encourage cross-discipline
awareness and expertise.
Culture. Your
organization should establish and cultivate a knowledge-sharing,
knowledge-driven culture for long-term success.
I found these and will target them in my final project Amazon is
constantly changing and introducing new acquired services, growing to quickly
without taking into consideration the following can bring a very successful
company tumbling down.

Some common challenges you may want to prepare for
include:
Inability
to recognize or articulate knowledge; turning tacit knowledge into
explicit knowledge
Geographical
distance and/or language barriers in an international company
Limitations
of information and communication technologies
Loosely
defined areas of expertise
Constantly
changing business
Internal
conflicts (e.g. professional territoriality)
Lack
of incentives or performance management goals
Poor
training or mentoring programs
Cultural
barriers (e.g. this is how we’ve always done it mentality)

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