My Age of Investment

"Ah Li has a lot of problems!"

Xia Jingxing glanced at the stiff-faced Ma Yun, and continued: "For example, the organizational structure has too many layers and is too bloated, and the efficiency of information transmission and decision-making execution will decline layer by layer.

In my opinion, if the hierarchical system has no additional marginal contribution in the entire economic value creation chain, or the marginal cost is far greater than the marginal contribution, such a hierarchical system should be cancelled. "

Ma Yun frowned, leaned on his chin, and began to seriously think about the contents of Xia Jing's jargon.

"Of course, Ali's problem is not an exception, almost all companies in the third stage of growth have such problems.

These companies are in B, C, D and other financing rounds, and have achieved great success in business.

But as the business became larger and larger, each line of business began to be divided.

Too many people and too fast growth are actually not a good thing for an enterprise. "

Xia Jingxing said earnestly: "Under 50 people, under 100 people, is actually the period when an organization has the most vitality.

After that, the cost of division of labor, communication, and collaboration began to become exponentially more complex.

Many well-known foreign game studios basically only have 50-100 people.

You can see that they go to and from get off work at random, play games at work, have a whim, and hold parties directly at the company...

There is no such thing as management at all, and there is nothing to do.

The reason why it doesn’t crash is because it has repeatedly made explosive games.

It's not about how advanced their management system is, let alone how high-quality their employees are, but because of their size, number of people, and their creative industry, they need to do that, so that they can communicate with each other without any problems. obstacle.

A good working atmosphere gives employees more opportunities to collide with ideas.

If the number of employees in the enterprise reaches more than 500, let them try it out and waste it in minutes. "

Speaking of this, Xia Jingxing smiled, "Everyone should have heard of Skype, right?"

Internet entrepreneurs such as Ma Yun, Zhou Hongyi, Li Xiang, Wang Wei all nodded,

Industrialists such as Yuan Fugen, Wang Wenjian, and Zhou Qunfei showed doubts.

Xia Jingxing briefly introduced Skype. When he heard that the company was only two or three years old and sold to eBay for a sky-high price of 2.6 billion US dollars, the industrialist was completely uneasy.

"Scape is not big, only one or two hundred people, and their management work is a mess.

In the headquarters in Luxembourg, there is an inflatable swimming pool in the lobby, filled with several tons of water, like a children's water park, employees can go in for a bubble bath and have a water gun party..."

This was the first time I heard that the students including Ma Yun were listening attentively, staring at Xia Jingxing as he told the story.

"Management is an art, and each stage of an enterprise requires a different management model.

I tell you so much, and I hope that everyone has a clear understanding of the stage their respective companies are in. "

Everyone nodded. They really learned something. It turns out that there are still so many things to pay attention to.

Li Xiang and Dai Zhikang, in particular, feel that their minds are full of various methodologies, and they wish to rush back to the company immediately and start drastic rectification.

The two of them, one started a business in high school and the other started a business in university. Neither of them had ever worked in a large company, and it was their first time starting a business.

The reason why he has come to this point today is largely due to luck.

Just now Xia Jingxing's words telling them to "understand and analyze themselves correctly" fell into their ears like it was deafening.

Li Xiang felt that he was able to start the company because of his diligence and some cleverness, but the operation and finance were a mess.

Dai Zhikang's perception is similar to that of Li Xiang. He thinks he can make Discuz! In the development of this community forum software, its own technical strength accounted for a large proportion of factors, and other aspects were not done well enough, or it was all shortcomings.

"That President Xia..."

Seeing Xia Jingxing frowning slightly, Ma Yun looked at his too young face, suppressed the discomfort in his heart, and changed his words: "Mr. Xia, how do you think Ari should solve the problem of too many levels of organization?

I just thought about it, and I think what you said makes sense.

Ahri currently has too many levels, salesperson, sales team leader, sales manager, senior manager, sales vice president, sales director, from M1 to M10, a full ten levels. "

Xia Jingxing looked at the good student Ma Yun, and the more he looked at him, the more pleasing he was.

Well, if you say "Teacher Xia" at the other party, teach him two hands!

After all, students who respect their teachers will not have bad luck.

It happened that more than 20 people witnessed it today, and he gave Ma Yunbu a sermon, and the name of master and apprentice was completely confirmed.

Facing Ma Yun's gaze full of curiosity, Xia Jingxing put one hand on his hip, and the other hand chopped down into the air.

"Cut it off directly?"

Ma Yun looked stunned and lost his voice.

"of course not."

Xia Jingxing waved his hand lightly, "Cut it off abruptly, and the bottom will not explode, so it's easy to mess up."

Ma Yun nodded and listened patiently.

Other entrepreneurial students also listened carefully.

Although Ari's matter has little to do with them, it would be very beneficial to listen more.

After visiting Ahri, who hasn’t dreamed of an Internet empire?

Including Zhou Hongyi, the Internet entrepreneurs present all have the idea of ​​making the company bigger and stronger. It is very likely that they will also encounter the difficulties that Ari encounters now.

"Ari's employee sequence level needs to be further optimized. The M sequence will be cut in half and all will be transferred to management positions."

Xia Jingxing looked at Ma Yun and said with a slight smile, "Didn't you use M10 before? Now you have adjusted to M6, or even M5.

In addition, set up a P employee rank sequence, as a technical post sequence, you can set P1 to P10, if it is not enough, add it later.

Some employees want to be officials, but they do so purely for salary and benefits.

For these people, you can arrange to go to the P sequence, and the salary and stocks will be more inclined to them.

Keep those who are suitable for management in the M sequence, and at the same time slim down the management level.

No matter how high the level of professional job evaluation is, these technical experts will at most lead a technical project team, and they will not make any big mistakes. "

Ma Yun's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "This method is good, it means spending money to keep these technical experts, without causing a brain drain.

At the same time, it also reduced the size of the management team, reduced levels, and improved efficiency.

The most important thing is to free up seats for people who are really suitable for management. "

The more Ma Yun thought about it, the happier he felt, and he thanked him from the bottom of his heart: "Mr. Xia, you have helped me a lot. You don't know, I have been troubled by this problem for a long time, and I have not found a suitable solution."

This is purely Jack Ma adding drama to himself, deliberately expressing a gesture of gratitude.

However, it is true that Ali's current management hierarchy is chaotic. There is only one M sequence, which is not subdivided enough.

"This is actually Facebook's management sequence. The number of employees in the company has just exceeded 100, so I designed this set of grading schemes."

Xia Jingxing's understatement gave Ma Yun a critical blow.

They have just broken through 100 employees, so they have considered such a long-term plan.

In contrast, Ali has thousands of employees.

Even with a thick skin like Jack Ma, I feel a little ashamed and flustered!

When Vision Capital announced the establishment of Vision Academy at the Annual Meeting of Vision Capital, he didn't care much, thinking that it was only for training low-level entrepreneurs.

With the same currency, Ahri's valuation may not be lower than that of Facebook. He thinks he is on an equal footing with Xia Jingxing.

But today's class crushed his poor sense of superiority.

While other students, such as Li Xiang, Xunlei Zhou Zhaolong, Gao De Chen Congwu and others, turned their admiring eyes to Xia Jingxing.

Just now they thought that the training knowledge points of today's class were copied by Xia Jingxing from somewhere.

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be from Facebook's trading experience.

Thinking about it, Xia Jingxing was able to succeed in starting a business at such a young age, how could ordinary people compare to it.

Facebook has only broken through 100 employees, and it has designed a top-level management plan that can be applied to 10,000 employees.

To be farsighted must be to be farsighted.

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Ma Yun asked: "Mr. Xia, are there any companies in the fourth stage?"

"Of course there is. The characteristic of that kind of enterprise is that it has successfully IPO, has diversified businesses, and has an organizational model of business groups and business departments.

Ordinary listed companies can be directly classified as the third stage, and the fourth stage must be a company that is listed, has the appearance of a giant, and can achieve the name of an empire. "

Ma Yun chewed the word "empire" repeatedly, and there was a small flame burning in his eyes.

Then he asked Xia Jingxing again: "Then which companies are currently in the fourth stage?"

"Take the Internet industry as an example, Amazon and Google!"

Ma Yun's eyes lit up after hearing this, Amazon has the appearance of becoming an emperor, so their Ari naturally have it too.

"Okay, that's the end of today's class. I'll assign homework, and everyone will sort out the company's organizational structure, and then make an adjustment plan and hand it in."

Xia Jingxing looked at Ma Yun, and said: "Lao Ma, as a class representative, help accept the homework submitted by each student."

"Everyone completes their homework carefully. In class next month, we will conduct a appraisal and select several proposals for everyone to participate in the discussion and analysis."

The students in the audience clicked their tongues, and there is still homework?

Xia Jingxing saw doubts in someone's eyes, and answered questions: "We are different from those business schools that play tricks, focusing on actual combat.

Discussing other companies will help you improve your vision and gain useful knowledge from other companies.

Gathering the strengths of a hundred schools of thought and making up for one's own weaknesses, that's what it means. "

Ma Yun's eyes flickered. He had made up his mind that he would not come to the class next month.

But now, good guy, the official hat has been given to him.

Moreover, this entrepreneurial training camp feels that I can still learn a lot.

Xia Jingxing started to tidy up the lesson plans on the table, and the students got up one after another, ready to leave.

"Old Zhou, wait a moment."

Xia Jingxing suddenly stopped Zhou Hongyi.

While paddling in class, the cannon in red, who had no interaction the whole time, stopped, turned to look at Xia Jingxing, and asked, "Mr. Xia, what's the matter?"

President Xia?

Xia Jingxing took a small notebook in his heart and wrote it down to Zhou Hongyi. Jack Ma, the eldest disciple, had already been subdued, and both the senior teacher and the short teacher had been called in. The second disciple had to be arranged quickly.

So he temporarily changed his mind: "Next month, Qihoo will be the second star company to visit, please make arrangements."

"Forehead……"

Zhou Hongyi hesitated for a while, and wanted to decline politely, but seeing Ma Yun's slightly sarcastic smile, he nodded like a ghost, "Okay, I will arrange it."

Xia Jingxing is too lazy to resolve the grievances between the two of them now.

Use one sentence to describe his mood at this time: Destroy, hurry up, tired!