ORGS 2010 Lecture 10: The Strategy That Wouldnt Travel.docx
27 Dec 2014
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Karen had to present a report to senior management on her team projects progress. Project aimed to improve productivity and morale at each plant owned by acme minerals extraction. Karen tried to duplicate the results at the project"s second target lubbock, texas. Techniques only met with moderate success in lubbock. Acme has wide variety of labour requirements for its operations. Company used sophisticated technology, employed geologists, geophysicists and engineers: these individuals were the brains of the business. Skilled and semi-skilled labour were the brawn"s, used for extraction operations. Engineers at wichita plant locked several union workers out of the offices in 100-degrees heat. Costs to maintain heavy equipment were out of line with those incurred by other operations. Before the team project, little coordination/communication existed between these groups. He was an acme veteran (worked at the company for 39 years) Wanted to be in wichita, where his family lived. Had widespread respect and karen like him.
