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Re:Intel ousts its chief engineer, shakes up technical group... by TomVDB on Monday July 27, 2020 @09:23PM (#23971317)
> Even a fingerless man could hold up the correct number of digits needed to express the number of times a reorg has solved a problem.

I couldn't disagree more.

As companies grow/change, existing structures that used to work at some point, can start to break down and a reorg can (and often does) solve that.

A typical example are smaller companies that start with centralized services that support all BUs, but that break up these services as they grow, because per-BU needs might diverge too much or because the distance/sense of ownership of a central group doesn't always align.

It doesn't always work, but I've seen it done right multiple times.

Re:Intel ousts its chief engineer, shakes up technical group... by kilo_bravo_3 on Monday July 27, 2020 @10:24PM (#23971698)
Successful reorgs are done in response to growth, changing markets, and new lines of business.

Just like the examples you gave.

This is either a desperation or punitive reorg.

There are also boredom and “make my mark” reorgs and this ain’t them.

Re:Intel ousts its chief engineer, shakes up technical group... by TomVDB on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @12:56AM (#23972407)
> Successful reorgs are done in response to growth, changing markets, and new lines of business.

> This is either a desperation or punitive reorg.

One could very well characterize the reorganization of IBM in the mid nineties as a desperation reorg and a punitive one (100K employees laid off.)

It was also a very successful one.

Re:Intel ousts its chief engineer, shakes up technical group... by toohotatopic on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @01:45AM (#23972671)
Was it? It could have been IBM who invented the smartphone or hardware as a service.
Re:Intel ousts its chief engineer, shakes up technical group... by pm90 on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @02:23AM (#23972870)
They survived.
Re:Intel ousts its chief engineer, shakes up technical group... by toohotatopic on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @03:00AM (#23973074)
Surviving cannot be the ambition of IBM.
Re:Intel ousts its chief engineer, shakes up technical group... by pm90 on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @01:09PM (#23978072)
Clearly you haven't worked at IBM.