Help with outline for research paper.

I need research paper outline for Thomas Watson jr can anyone help ?

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  Pedro, I can't point you to a particular outline but will offer some insights here and references to read that might help. Some books that will help: 1) Father, Son and Company is a long read but will give you the biographic data you need. This book shows Tom Watson Jr.'s evolution from "young whipper snapper" to corporate CEO. It also highlights that men change their entire lives. Sometimes it takes an event like WW II, a heart attack or a single mentor to express confidence in you by saying, "Of course, you could run IBM." It also shows that a single event such as building the first mainframe, S/360 (which he bet the company on) can make or break a company (IBM came within days of missing payroll but the mainframe is still its top profit engine almost 50 years later) 2) A Business and its Beliefs is a short read but shows his philosophy of business including the IBM Basic Beliefs, the first on every list of which was "Respect for the Individual." This is an amazing read that should be on every Corporate CEO's reading list before taking over a company. 3) Thirty Years of Management Briefings is mostly his letters to the IBM executive staff (others are included through John Akers when they were discontinued). The title of one of these briefs, "A Man and His Beard" reads like a Dr. Seuss novel and is basically a note to the IBM Management team to "lighten up" on the IBM dress code. He used management briefs to guide his management team and provide direction, not mandates. In case anyone tries to tell you that Lou Gerstner was the "greatest" I would include a chart on revenue growth matched against recession data. It shows that Mr. Watson grew the company over multiple recessions and as I stated above put in place a strategy that resulted in fifty years of revenue and profit growth. http://www.mbiconcepts.com/2/post/2011/11/ibms-greatest-ceo-ninety-seven-years-of-revenue-growth.html The combination of Watson and Watson (Senior and Junior) was truly the greatest team that ever drove a corporation in the 20th century and a class of CEO that we are sorely lacking today in character and ethical standards. Good Luck and let me know if you need further assistance. Study hard, as really understanding these two men will allow you to see a type of business leadership we sorely need restored in the world. Hopefully we can find more such men and women in the 21st century. When you are done, I would love to read your work! Good Luck. Cheers Peter E. Greulich Author, Speaker and Publisher Author of The World's Greatest Salesman and Tom Watson Sr. Essays in Leadership