Former Sybase AG CEO John Chen started to steer BlackBerry.
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From John Chen’s previous experience of saving loss-making Sybase back on an even keel and finally becoming the top one mobile database technology company, it’s clear that his management is carried out around his vision of value proposition.
1) Employees’ affective commitment and confidence have negatively correlation to turnover intention, which greatly impact working performance. Now the lack of confidence of people working for BlackBerry is the first problem in dire need to be solved. In this case, the interim CEO himself is an infusion of new vitality, as he will new entrepreneurial and organizational cultural and new executives to board later on.
2) No actions should be taken if the company is not competent. That focusing on competencies and avoiding overwhelming and unnecessary competitions in areas where the company doesn’t have a stable place, can technically save huge resources for doing research and upgrade techniques and products what the company is strongest at.
With expertise in both IT and accounting management, letting alone his previous remarkable achievement in saving Sybase, John is competent for this CEO position. It will be an era fascinating to watch.