(Cost management and organizational culture) Use Internet resources to gather information on any two firms in the same industry. The following ex¬ amples are possible pairs to compare.

• Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines

• ChevronTexaco and BP

• Nordstrom’s and Wal-Mart

• Oracle and Microsoft

• Gateway and Dell Computer In your discussion, address the following questions:

a. Compare and contrast the organizational cultures of the firms.

b. Compare and contrast the operating performance of the firms.

C. Which ol the pair is the better operating performer? Discuss the criteria used to make this determination.

b. Do you believe that organizational culture has any relationship to the differences in operations? Why?

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