Shortly after Carol Bartz, IT executive and age sixty, was appointed as the new

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Shortly after Carol Bartz, IT executive and age sixty, was appointed as the new CEO of Yahoo! Inc, she made the following comments: “Let’s give Yahoo! some frigging breathing room...and we are going to focus on really getting outward looking and kick some butt.” What is your evaluation of this type of personal communication style for an Internet company executive? How does this message affect the emotions and attitudes within the organizations? Please read and respond to the above question. Then, respond meaningfully to at least two other students' postings. Note: When answering or responding to discussion questions, be sure to write in your own words compelling arguments and cite brief references other than the textbooks, where appropriate. Also, be sure to consistently establish a linkage between the material being discussed, work related experiences, or individual research. Most importantly, be specific in your response.

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Carol Bartz was promoted to the position of CEO of Yahoo, to bring about some changes in the organization and make Yahoo relevent in the competative world.

- Yahoo has been pushed to corner by the competitive forces as it could not innove itself, to be at par with other players.

- The primary job of the new CEO will be to induct a culture in the organization for innovation, and adapt some rapid changes to match the pace with which the outside world is moving.

- The CEO made the follwing commet soon after resuming the office : “Let’s give Yahoo! some frigging breathing room...and we are going to focus on really getting outward looking and kick some butt.”

- We can infer from the above statement that she is really not much happy with the employess who are there since years and are not willing to adapt new practices.

- She wants to kick them out and make room for new people to come in.

- This breed of new people will give some breathing room as they will bring in new ideas and current practices from best in class industries.

- By giving this statement the new leader has made it clear that, now its time to change. Company wants to compete with peers and thus it has to relevent in the industry.

- She has given message that change or else make room for others.

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