The BMW group
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Established in 1916, Bayerische Motoren Werke's hereafter called BMW with its headquarters in Munich, Germany, begun by producing aeroplane engines, shifted to auto-mobile production in the late 1920s. Since, BMW has been very successful. As a requirement for the partial fulfillment of the MSc. Management Course I will try to analyse BMW in relation to leadership, Motivation and team work with my personal conviction and experience as to people management practices. At the dawn of the twentieth century, most organisations relied on large numbers of people working together in the same building. The young started at the bottom, and the most able would, with experience, become the leaders. It worked well in the context of stable technology. The bosses could predict future needs well enough to make quite detailed plans, including the duties of employees. These could be structured into career ladders, plus a pension, to reward good workers. "Good"...

