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QUALCOMM's Organizational Structure
A Special Note From the Presenters:
It may be unbelievable, but there was not any form of organizational
structure charts to be found after we researched QUALCOMM's
company information, archives
from their Press Release, Annual
Report (an incredibly lengthy report...), and other internet
resources. Therefore, we decided to draw our own chart based
on our findings from the research and the knowledge we learned
from this class.
This section was so challenging that it had to be prepared by
3 people:
Camha Nguyen, Jack Chi-Chun Ng, Yi-Chin Lilly |
As shown in Figure 5-1, QUALCOMM's
organizational structure can be divided into 2 parts: one is Business
Units where the sub-units are separated based on Product Departmentalization,
and the Administrative Units are categorized based on Functional Departmentalization.
Business Units are the "money-making" departments or divisions that
are directly involved with the products of the company; and the Administrative
Units are the departments that coordinate QUALCOMM's daily business
operation activities.
Figure 5-1: QUALCOMM's Organizational Structure Chart
Click to enlarge
Within the Business Units, there are 8 sub-units:
- QCT (QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies) develops and
suppliers CDMA-based integrated circuits and system software for
wireless voice and data communications, multimedia functions and
global positioning system product.
- QTL (QUALCOMM Technology Licensing) grants
licenses to use QUALCOMM's intellectual property, including certain
patent rights essential to or useful in the manufacturing, sale
and use of CDMA-based products.
- QSI (QUALCOMM Strategic Initiatives) makes
strategic investments in ventures that focus on worldwide adoption
of 3G wireless communications technologies (voice and data) and
products serving consumers, the enterprise and all members of
the wireless value chain such as wireless network operators, device
and equipment manufacturers, and application and content providers.
- QIS (QUALCOMM Internet Services) provides
technology to support and accelerate the convergence of wireless
data, Internet and voice services. Offerings include the BREW®
and BREWChat® VoIP solutions, the QPoint ™ position location
solution and Eudora® email software for PC and Mac.
- QWBS (QUALCOMM Wireless Business Solutions)
provides companies around the globe with industry-leading mobility
platforms, applications and services that accelerate business.
Products include the OmniTRACS®, OmniOne™ and GlobalTRACS®
two-way data communication systems, productivity-enhancing applications,
and wireless advisory and managed network services. These products
serve a variety of industries, including transportation and logistics,
third-party logistics, construction, petroleum, retail, food and
beverage, and healthcare.
- QTV (QUALCOMM Technology and Ventures) offers
the MediaFLO™ system enabling wireless multimedia services
and supports QUALCOMM's mission of enabling and fostering CDMA
and wireless Internet markets through strategic investments in
privately-owned startup ventures.
- QGOV (QUALCOMM Government Technologies) provides
the Unites States government with secure wireless communications
solutions using CDMA, OmniTRACS® and other QUALCOMM technologies.
Through government funded R&D, QGOV is creating leading-edge security
technology with the development of the QSec®-2700, a 3G secure
phone.
- QCTest™ and Deployment Products. QUALCOMM's
focus is the creation of products that ultimately lower licensee
and carrier operator costs while enabling the quickest deployment
of the latest technology. QCTest solutions are complementary with
QUALCOMM's CDMA and WCDMA chipsets and QUALCOMM's Internet Services,
BREW applications. It is QUALCOMM's mission to ensure successful
CDMA and WCDMA rollouts by eliminating delays due to a lack of
available software tools, hardware tools, and other necessary
products.
The Administrative Units consist of the following departments:
- Human Resource Department
- Marketing Department
- Financial Department
- Global Development Department
Those departments coordinate the company's business operations
world wide and provide necessary resources to the production operations.
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