Werner von Siemens established Siemens in 1847, focusing on electrical engineering and innovation. Over time it grew to include many sectors like power, healthcare, and transportation. In the 2000s, under CEO Kleinfeld, the company restructured into operating groups but faced a bribery scandal. His replacement, Loscher, dismantled the previous structure and reorganized into three sectors to improve compliance and accountability. Further reforms included establishing regional clusters to better coordinate local operations. While changes improved transparency, tensions remain between global and regional operations.
Werner von Siemens established Siemens in 1847, focusing on electrical engineering and innovation. Over time it grew to include many sectors like power, healthcare, and transportation. In the 2000s, under CEO Kleinfeld, the company restructured into operating groups but faced a bribery scandal. His replacement, Loscher, dismantled the previous structure and reorganized into three sectors to improve compliance and accountability. Further reforms included establishing regional clusters to better coordinate local operations. While changes improved transparency, tensions remain between global and regional operations.
Werner von Siemens established Siemens in 1847, focusing on electrical engineering and innovation. Over time it grew to include many sectors like power, healthcare, and transportation. In the 2000s, under CEO Kleinfeld, the company restructured into operating groups but faced a bribery scandal. His replacement, Loscher, dismantled the previous structure and reorganized into three sectors to improve compliance and accountability. Further reforms included establishing regional clusters to better coordinate local operations. While changes improved transparency, tensions remain between global and regional operations.
Ashish Singh U113075 Rosali Priyadarshini U113105 Anshuk Pradhan U113072 Abhinav Prakash U113063 Amit Shukla U113069 PRESENTATI ON ON SI EMENS: BUI LDI NG A STRUCTURE TO DRI VE PERFORMANCE AND RESPONSI BI LI TY Siemens in the Past & 21st Century Era of Kleinfeld & Management Structure End of Kleinfeld & A New Leader Major Initiatives & Restructuring Suggestion& Conclusion Present Siemens Werner von Siemens and Johann Halske established telegraphen- bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske on 12 th oct, 1847. Invention of Pointer telegraph in 1846 & first dynamo generator. Halskes departure & entire management & control by Siemens brothers. Innovation in electrical engineering, first electric locomotive and streetcar. Collection of three inter-related companies focused on High voltage current products, Electrical medical equipment, Telegraph & radio technology. 1969- Three entities consolidated under Siemens AG. Included Six operating groups & five central departments. Reorganization in 1989- Functional reporting structure to Divisional Structure. Siemens in the Past & 21st Century Era of Kleinfeld & Management Structure End of Kleinfeld & A New Leader Major Initiatives & Restructuring Suggestion& Conclusion Present Siemens Kleinfeld succeeded Heinrich von Pierer to become CEO Global presence in many sectors like power generation, SCM sloutions, MRI machines, Water treatment plants, IT Security, Motors etc Competitors like GE, United technologies, Honeywell International, ABB Innovation in electrical engineering, first electric locomotive and streetcar. Main focus to achieve ambitious profit margin goals. Corporate management structure Siemens in the Past & 21st Century Era of Kleinfeld & Management Structure End of Kleinfeld & A New Leader Major Initiatives & Restructuring Suggestion& Conclusion Present Siemens Supervisory Board- oversaw and appointed the members of MB & approved major business decisions. Managing Board- Preparing annual financial statements & convening shareholders meetings. CEC- Elected by MB, charged with strategic management of company, M& A, R& D spending Operating group into 6 business areas. Further divided into divisions & sub-divisions. Worldwide presence. Operating groups, regional units, shared services, corporate departments and corporate centers Operating group grated substantial autonomy and coached by CEC. Siemens in the Past & 21st Century Era of Kleinfeld & Management Structure End of Kleinfeld & A New Leader Major Initiatives & Restructuring Suggestion& Conclusion Present Siemens 12 operating groups with 70 divisions. Corporate technology supported OG and divisions in innovation. Conducted research with long term horizon. Four Eyes principle- Divisional level, decision making with technical head (CEO) & Commercial head (CFO) Fit4More- 2 year restructuring programme. Commit & Deliver. Megatrends-Global developments, shape future market, generate above average growth. Siemens One- Simplify large-scale projects for customers by creating a unified front and experience, Focus on global customers.
Intent on delivering integrated solutions to customers by coordination of many businesses. Country manager for all of Siemens business in a specific geography.
Serve local Customers.
Responsive to local market needs. Collaboration between divisions occurred due to rotation of employees through operating groups. Committees- Responsible for decisions at each level of the organization, from CEC to segments. Mr/Ms. Siemens, executive manager for countries where Siemens was most active. Siemens in the Past & 21st Century Era of Kleinfeld & Management Structure End of Kleinfeld & A New Leader Major Initiatives & Restructuring Suggestion& Conclusion Present Siemens Kleinfeld had critics- Heartless, most hated boss. Outsider, experienced global leader, former president & CEO of GE Healthcare Biosciences. PETER LOSCHER, July 2007. Emphasized transparency and full support to external authorities, launched amnesty program. Siemens Bribery scandal one of the largest in European history. Reorganization of companys Managing board and resignation by Kleinfeld. Formed a dedicated team to manage legal compliance. Hired Peter Solmssen to assume the role of general counsel. Replaced many operating group and division heads. Dismantled CEC and made Managing board as sole governing body. Abolished Four eyes principle and established CEO Principle Siemens in the Past & 21st Century Era of Kleinfeld & Management Structure End of Kleinfeld & A New Leader Major Initiatives & Restructuring Suggestion& Conclusion Present Siemens From 10 operating groups to 3 sectors.
Destruction of CEC and establishment of the Managing Board as the sole governing body The Managing Board to comprise CEO, CFO, general counsel, CEOs of three newly created sectors. 2-D structure with the global business as 1 st dimension and regional units as 2 nd dimension Organization of 190 countries of operations into 17 regional clusters. Each division had separate business units. Had own strategy within its area of responsibility. SIS & SFS- Cross sector businesses- Dealt with external and internal customers & fully fledged with P& L responsibility Siemens in the Past & 21st Century Era of Kleinfeld & Management Structure End of Kleinfeld & A New Leader Major Initiatives & Restructuring Suggestion& Conclusion Present Siemens Introduction of Clusters 190 countries into 17 regional clusters.
Responsible for shared services
Enable the regions to focus fully on customers- minimize the administrative activities.
Attempted to better manage resources across the company 2- Dimensional Structure & Right of Way Global business- Sectors, divisions , Business units.
Regional units- Clusters & countries.
Right of way concept to strike balance between global business and regions.
Regional management to get more autonomy.
Simplified Financial Reporting P & L accounts for 4 categories Whole, Sectors, Divisions, Business units.
Reinforced global entrepreneurs right of way. Maintaining Entrepreneurial Regions Empower the regional leadership.
Drive market share and share of wallet.
Focus on local customization.
Cluster organizations to take much of administrative responsibilities for Mr/Mrs Siemens to become more entrepreneurial. Megatrends & Siemens Vision Climate change and globalization as megatrends of urbanization and demographic change.
Vision- Siemens- the Pioneer
Positioned Siemens as leading provider of green technology.
Re-launched Siemens One- Established market development board to address cross-sector projects.
Enhanced account management through dedicated professional account managers. Siemens in the Past & 21st Century Era of Kleinfeld & Management Structure End of Kleinfeld & A New Leader Major Initiatives & Restructuring Suggestion& Conclusion Present Siemens Reducing the gap between regional and global structures by introducing a position in the existing structure that supervises the business at cluster level and reports to the sector CEO. Empowering the regional management which are responsible for key accounts. Periodic meeting of middle and top management to monitor their performance and take suggestions. Clear communication of goals and expectations across the sectors and inside the sectors across the regions to increase profitability Analyse the P&L of the regional units to access their profitability. Identifying such non performing units and restructuring them. Introducing an R & D centre at each sector level which interacts with their counterparts in other sectors. Siemens in the Past & 21st Century Era of Kleinfeld & Management Structure End of Kleinfeld & A New Leader Major Initiatives & Restructuring Suggestion& Conclusion Present Siemens Supervisory Board Managing Board Sector CEO Sector CEO Sector CEO Industry Energy Healthcare Corporate Unit Cross Sector Services Single Cluster Medium Clust Head Large Cluster Head Siemens in the Past & 21st Century Era of Kleinfeld & Management Structure End of Kleinfeld & A New Leader Major Initiatives & Restructuring Suggestion& Conclusion Present Siemens Inclusion of new business development units in the sectors for exploring new business opportunity and observing the latest development in sector. Make cultural diversity part of organizational culture to reduce the anxiety among the employees for outsiders. Better internal communication from HR management Better talent management policies in the companies to cultivate second line of leaders. Linking the benefits to performance. Increased focus on the Energy sector. As it is equal to the rest combined together. An option could be segregating it in multiple sectors with designated heads Conducting regular financial and performance audits of the sectors to check the irregularities. Challenges like tension between the global business and the regions, management and leadership skills and Loscher being a foreigner still exists and whether the changes brought up by Loscher will be able to overcome it
Siemens in the Past & 21st Century Era of Kleinfeld & Management Structure End of Kleinfeld & A New Leader Major Initiatives & Restructuring Suggestion& Conclusion Present Siemens Adopting CEO principle showed positive results for the company by increasing the speed of decision making. Dismantling CEC and establishing management board as the sole governing body. There are still people in the organization who struggle with the cultural change Adopting performance based appraisal helped the management in identifying talent for top managerial role New business perspectives and long term planning became part of business perspective In July 2013, supervisory board announced early departure of Loscher and appointed Joe Kaeser as new CEO. He was a member of the managing board and the Chief Financial Officer of the company. This decision came as the company continued to miss the profit forecast in Loschers term. Joe Kaeser unveiled a global reorganization and eliminated a layer of organization comprising a group of some 14 regional clusters, each overseen by its own CEO. Eliminating the clusters would make Siemens more streamlined and closer to the markets. His vision is to make Siemens more focused, faster and more reliable agile and competitive. In order to ensure that local executives follow the lead from headquarters, regional management now report to the four management board members in charge of running the company's operating divisions. Responsibilities of the company's top management team were shuffled and CEOs of the four divisionswho are also members of the management boardnow directly responsible for specific geographical regions. Siemens in the Past & 21st Century Era of Kleinfeld & Management Structure End of Kleinfeld & A New Leader Major Initiatives & Restructuring Suggestion& Conclusion Present Siemens Siemens in the Past & 21st Century Era of Kleinfeld & Management Structure End of Kleinfeld & A New Leader Major Initiatives & Restructuring Suggestion& Conclusion Present Siemens Managing Board Supervisory Board Energy HealthCare Industry Cross Sector Activities Equity Investments Regional Organizations Infrastructure and cities Source: http://www.siemens.com/abo ut/en/management- structure/cross_sector_activit ies.htm