Johnson & Johnson

JOHNSON & JOHNSON J&J presents us a very unique situation in that it has been able to maintain a decentralized organization even in the face of very rapid growth. The issue at hand, is in fact, managing further growth of the organization while still maintaining the unity of J&J. The success of the corporation has developed by following fundamental philosophies that have guided J&J since …

…planning. The advantage being the diminution of executive layers, thus consolidating the organizational entity, and reducing the distance between decision makers and units. We feel than vertical communication problems would be thus reduced, as part of the original problem was also the time spent in conflict resolution. Implementing these changes, conflicts would have to be dealt with more directly, since it focuses the attention on their resolution, and not on transmitting them across corporate layers.