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Competition and Regulation of Markets. A case study of BT.
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Competition and Regulation of Markets. A case study of BT. British Telecom (BT) is now a multi-national company which operates in over 50 countries worldwide. It employs approximately 120,000 employees all over the globe. In 1997 the companies' turnover was 15,000 million and its profit 2,000million. When BT first came to being it had a tall hierarchical structure, and autocratic management style. Employees were made aware of their position in the hierarchy by example what your chair looked like; if it had arms. Before BT became an individual company in 1980, it was known as GPO, a state owned company which consisted of both a call centre and post office. BT continued to be a state owned company up until 1984 when the Telecom Act was introduced and it was privatised. In the same year OFTEL was also created, a regulator which controlled the prices which BT set for its customers. OFTEL was set...
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