The power of the system is greater than the power of man

Ma Yun is fickle, each of the moves always make the outside feel surprised. In the middle of March, Ali Group 22 senior executive positions in the rotation, while ending the rapid growth of staff for many years, only a net increase of 200 people throughout the year. Earlier this long, Alibaba Business-to-business company just withdrew the market.

This is reminiscent of the end of 2007, just completed the listing of Business-to-business business 1.5 months later, Ma Yun to Alibaba's executives to a "big change", four posts, four of the separation study.

With personnel changes to adapt to the adjustment of enterprise strategy. 25,000 employees, master China's largest E-commerce enterprises, MA Yun with drastic personnel changes, to resolve a problem in the development of enterprises.

The power of the system is greater than the power of man

Behind the big shift is Ali group to dissolve the difficulty of internal resource integration desire. According to Alibaba's most official statement, this is a comprehensive exercise of the ability of management cadres.

According to the "China Business Newspaper (blog, Weibo)" reporter received a list of changes in the position, this time is not like the last time, not all involved in the business of the "top", but mostly vice president, director of the level of mobility. Moreover, the line of business in this one-person change has not changed, but it has switched people to different subsidiaries.

For example, Group senior Vice President Zhang Transfer Group staff, Taobao HR Lukevi transfer Group HR platform, Alipay Merchant Business Department general manager Lei, Taobao Vice President Wang Wenbin transferred to the day cat. In this list of 22 people, related to its Alipay, Taobao, Amoy, Aliyun, Cat's subsidiaries and the group of senior changes.

Alibaba from an insider's point of view, behind the big shift is Ali group to dissolve the difficulty of internal resource integration desire. At present, the group's various branches of the competition between the unusually fierce, so that the difficulty of day-to-day promotion of collaboration. Some executives have been in some positions for many years, the company also inevitably formed a small circle, Ma Yun needs to break these barriers, so that the whole group recognized the overall chess pattern. However, it is also argued that the adjustment is due to a large number of new staff entering and organizational expansion brought about management problems. Because just a few days ago, the cost of a management loophole, its general manager "was resigned." According to Alibaba's most official statement, this is a comprehensive exercise of the ability of management cadres.

But the combination of Alibaba's business-to-business business retreat, Ali Group is in the group integration, this time the adjustment of the deeper significance should be "one company plan", around the great Ali business Ecology, the establishment of business ecosystem, Operation management system and organizational culture system.

From the contents of Ma's internal speech, this year Ali Group one of the important tasks is to strengthen the internal improvement, enhance the organization and talent capacity, "we clearly see that the competition between companies is the future of competition." The competition in the future is the competition among young people. We not only need to recruit good young people, the most important thing is to give Ali's young people to create a healthy growth and development of the environment and mechanisms. The future is the competition of organizational culture ability and talent training development mechanism. The growth of young leaders determines the future of the company. Ma said.

Ma Yun hopes this kind of exchanges, can emerge in the company more and more comprehensive ability strong, the overall view good and the mission value firm young leader.

Alibaba is already a large enterprise with 25000 employees, enterprise management can not rely on the rule of man. And Ma Yun's control of the company, but not through the control of people to achieve. The power of the system is far greater than that of a man.

Analysys analyst Shou sent that, compared to other platforms, the Ali system should be the most complete and mature system in the electric business circle. Therefore, the value of each high-level in this system should be based on the system, the changes between the senior level will not give the growth of the Ali system to bring great differences, on the contrary will bring a lot of fresh blood to the position.

Have trouble using personnel

Will never be "people" tied up, not because of "people" and rigid, and will not let "people" lag behind strategy. "Ruthless enough to refuse." "In the evaluation of Ma Yun's personnel strategy, both internal and external have such comments."

Earlier, at the end of 2007, Alibaba's business-to-business business listing only 1.5 months later, MA Yun has been implemented in the history of Alibaba, the most volatile personnel adjustment. Taobao by Lu successor Sun Tongyu as president, Alipay by Xiaofeng successor Lu as president, and Zeng resigned China Yahoo President, Jin Jianhang as China Yahoo President. In addition, including Taobao President Sun Tong Yu, COO Lejiana, CTO Wu, vice president resignations four senior executives are "study by rotation." At that time Ali is in from the entrepreneurial stage to standardize the transition period of listed companies.

Ma's move is understood as "a cup of wine release Bingquan", to avoid hurting individuals, but also conducive to the completion of Alibaba founder to professional managers change.

With the 2010 tears Cut Wei, 2011 Shanli GM general manager was dismissed different, 2007 senior executives and this year's 22 middle-level round hillock, more intention is to provide support for its strategic adjustment. This time round hillock, may be Alibaba next three years management and operation strategy upgrade first step.

Alibaba Group said that the middle and senior management cadres round the future significance of the company, many cadres in the same post for many years, accustomed to excel in a capacity but more need to get other kinds of ability of exercise, job rotation is conducive to breaking the original professional boundaries, stimulate innovation, find talent, To improve the adaptability and innovation ability of management cadres, and cultivate the leadership ability in different positions.

The mechanism that underpins Alibaba's top executives is the "organization department" that was set up a few years ago, and now has 200 people.

An important task for the organization department is to train senior managers and to set up a lakeside college for training, according to a person inside Alibaba. Training is usually held half a month, divided into compulsory and elective courses. such as finance, corporate culture is a compulsory course, students to ask for leave must be to Alibaba Group chief human Resources officer, Alipay CEO Pengley application. There are also some cultural classes that are voluntary elective courses.

For new executives, Lake College arranged for them a 3-day course, usually by the top management of the company, including the company's overall situation by Ma Yun, Chief strategic officer Zeng Strategy, Pengley on culture and performance management system. The courses of Lakeside College have both philosophy, religion and other "virtual" content, but also Alibaba's internal strategic, tactical sharing of actual combat.

Ma Yun employing the art is, will never be "people" bound, not because of "people" and rigid, and will not let "people" lag in strategy. "Ruthless enough to refuse." "In the evaluation of Ma Yun's personnel strategy, both internal and external have such comments."