AT&T

Internal Analysis and Identification of Key Problems - AT&T

AT&T

History of the Company

The American Telephone and Telegraph Company on 3 Established in March 1885, to operate the first telephone network in the country. Starting in New York reached the telephone network in 1892 Chicago and 1915 in San Francisco. Transatlantic connections were offered from 1927 by means of radio transmission, the first transatlantic submarine cable was only in 1956 with TAT-1 started up. AT & T provides voice, video, data and internet businesses, customers and government agencies. During its long history, AT & T has been, at times, the largest telephone company in the world, the cable TV operator largest United States, and was even classified as a monopoly. In 2005 joins its competitor SBC Communications.

The Top Management Team

One of the key tasks for the overall direction is to build a strong team of senior management of At&t. The adage that says the company is worth what they are worth their persons "should be applied more intensively in one of the key groups in any business: its management team.

The chief executive officer of At&t is supported by the senior management team for the design and implementation of company strategy. Consequently, the development of this group of people in some way "their team" within the larger group of people that make the At&t should be their main task. We will see further that this responsibility also transcends the governing bodies of the company. Before, however, we elaborate further the concept of team.

For the senior management of a company to operate as a team, is very important the operation of its steering committee. This committee is a basic tool for integrating the principals of the company, as it encourages their participation in the process of strategic direction and strength training. Thus, the support the steering committee provides the chief executive officer is also a real school where managers are formed. The steering committee is learned from other responsibilities and even develop possible successors to the chief executive officer. The role of the steering committee in a company especially a certain size is therefore very important.

Services of the Company

AT&T provide telecommunication services to its customers with high network connectivity. Telecommunications services are a global market that generates revenues of over U.S. $ 1.5 billion The mobile services account for about 40 percent, and subscribers of these services around the world are now ...