...Case Analysis: Erik Peterson CelluComm is one of the biggest telecommunication companies founded by Ric Jenkins that has many subsidiaries spread across the USA. Ric Jenkins, a president of CelluComm, managed to develop a small California-based company into a company worth $200 million, which is now ranked in the top 20 companies in the cellular industry. The Green Mountain Cellular Telephone was one of CelluComm subsidiaries located in Hanover, New Hampshire. The company was relatively new with Erik Peterson appointed as the General Manager of the company. This case describes problems with constructing cellular towers which would cause dysfunction of the company and inability to meet the turn-on deadline. Erik Peterson was not that effective in managing and leading his team which is shown by negative relations among team members and miscommunication was present between him and the rest of the team. There was no mutual trust and there was a lack of motivation among team members. One thing that slowed Erik down was his lack of experience in the cellular industry. Without the knowledge about how specific industry works, it is very hard to manage and lead the team to progress and be successful. To make things even worse, Peterson had to report to Jeff Hardy, who was Director of Budgets and Plans and also had no experience in systems operations. This was the first sign of miscommunication in the company. One of the biggest problems for Erik Peterson was bad communication...
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...A review of the case detailing the challenges faced by Erik Peterson, the current general manager at Green Mountain Cellular Telephone Company (GMCT), revealed that key difficulties faced at the CelluComm subsidiary stem from ineffectiveness by leaders and teams at the corporate level. As president of CelluComm, you are in a position to maximize the amount of substantive action taken to build effective leaders and teams, transforming GMCT and the entire organization. I advise taking your upcoming meeting as an opportunity to propose: ⋅ Taking A Team Retreat ⋅ Enhancing and expanding monthly subsidiary meetings ANALYTIC OVERVIEW Leaders Your method of managing the Sacramento operations illustrates pacesetting and coercion: setting high expectations for the manager, firing him when he failed to meet those expectations, and your takeover of the work. Similarly, at GMCT, Peterson models a pacesetting style in addition to coercive leadership while attempting to move the company off the ground and into operation. Tensions with Curt Andrews and corporate notwithstanding, the team morale at GMCT is relatively high due to Peterson’s commitment to taking care of his people and opportunities for bright, young staff. Unfortunately, his habits of overworking and sleeping less, as well as taking over employees’ mistakes, hinder overall team...
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...Erik Peterson, general manager of Green Mountain Cellular Company (GMCT), a Cellular Communication Services, Inc. (CelluComm) subsidiary located in New Hampshire and Vermont, currently has 2 weeks to prepare for a meeting with Chip Knight, the recently appointed director of pre-operating systems for CelluComm. Peterson has faced numerous issues that prior management seems to ignore or consider inaccurate, and thus, Peterson feels that it is of upmost importance to accurately explain current issues to a new voice of reason. The first issue facing Peterson is that GMCT is a relatively new division in the CulluComm family, meaning that Peterson will be challenged by occurrences that previously haven’t been documented. Initially, Peterson was under the impression that he would be reporting to Ric Jenkins, CelluComm’s president and founder. However, Peterson soon found out that he would actually be reporting to Jeff Hardy, director of budgets and planning. To Peterson’s dismay, Hardy has little prior experience and is unable to offer advice and support to a new manager who could use minor guidance in regard to these two areas of company growth. Cell tower construction is also several weeks behind schedule, which means that the turn on rate for new customers is not what it should be and thus, cell service is disrupted. Efforts to get the subcontractor to increase construction completion times failed and aggravated customers have begun to complain of poor cell phone coverage, as expected...
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...Erik Peterson, General Manager to Green Mountain Cellular Telephone Company (GMCT) has faced general problems had to revise the turn on date from February to April 1 to begin service during his newly appointed with Chip Knight, the newly appointed director of pre-operating systems for the cellular communication services, Inc. GMCT’s parent company, however, in order for Erik to successfully meet his deadline, he will first have to address the problems with GMCT. One problem Erik Peterson is faced was a lack of a written formal action plan to reach the goal of April 1 turn-on date to start business and begin servicing customers. There are several underlying causes for this issue. Erik joined GMCT 1 ½ years into existence. He joined and immediately began dealing with several existing issues including personnel and construction delays. He essentially immediately began “putting out fires.” Neglected to allocate the time to set formal objectives and milestones with his employees. Therefore, there was no formal action plan in place. Another issue was that the organizational structure presented several issues for Erik Peterson. The organizational chart placed Jeff Hardy as Erik’s boss whose background is in budget and finance, Jeff did not support Erik’s plea for guidance in regards to issues with Curt Andrews, the Chief Engineer. He brought up the topic on multiple occasions but did not get any support. He also lacked clear guidance receiving only one suggestion in marketing strategy...
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...differences height, in which the taller population loses a higher percentage of their height. They also found that bone mineral content correlates significantly with percentage of height loss, those with lower bone mineral status tend to lose more height. When reporting height, forensic anthropologists should always remember to include maximum height, as well as age adjusted height. Having both the heights can greatly help because recognition of height loss among the older population is uncommon. I was curious to know how diet affected the loss of height in older individuals, and if diet is reflected in bone mineral content. Alison Galloway is a forensic anthropology professor at UCSC. She is best known for her work in the Laci Peterson...
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...following elements must be met: The defendant unlawfully killed the victim. The defendant killed with malice and aforethought (either deliberately and intentionally or recklessly with extreme disregard for human life). The killing was premeditated. The killing occurred at the location stated in the indictment. On December 24, 2002 Laci Peterson, pregnant wife of Scott Peterson, was reported missing in Modesto, California. Her husband was reportedly the last person to see her alive. After months of searching on April 14, 2003 the body of a fetus washed ashore in the San Francisco Bay. The next day a partial torso washed ashore around the same area as the fetus. They were identified as Laci and Conner Peterson.[2] On April 18, 2003 after a long investigation, Scott Peterson was arrested after a single piece of hair found in a pair of pliers on Mr. Peterson's boat were identified as belonging to Laci Peterson. In his possession were four cell phones, approximately $15,000.00 in cash, multiple credit cards belonging to various family members, and a shovel. Mr. Peterson had dyed his hair blonde and grew facial hair to change his appearance. He was charged with first degree murder of his wife Laci and second degree murder of his...
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...Scott Peterson's attorney, Mark Geragos, now has to contend with more than a guilty verdict for his client - and the penalty phase of the trial, now delayed for a week by the judge. Geragos is also facing a bar complaint related to the case. In the complaint, Florida attorney John B. Thompson - who has no reported connection to the case - argues that Geragos violated a key ethic rules forbidding communication with jurors. According to Thompson, Geragos did so by putting a replica of Scott Peterson's boat two blocks from the courthouse. Geragos, who remains under a under a gag order preventing him from discussing the case with the media, has not been able to respond to the allegations. Thompson says that Geragos's alleged boat display not only broke the California ethics rule barring juror communication, but also broke the California ethics rule against extrajudicial communications about a case. (As a recent column by Jonna Spilbor for this site noted, the penalty phase of this case - in which a death sentence could be imposed - has yet to occur.) Reportedly, the boat contained homemade concrete anchors - such as those the prosecution alleged Scott used to weigh down Laci Peterson's body - and a dummy representing the body. The defense's theory was that Scott could not have thrown Laci's heavily pregnant body over the side of the tiny, anchor-filled boat without swamping the boat with water and tipping it over. The display was apparently intended to illustrate just how tippable...
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...Overview of Eric Peterson Case * Eric Peterson is the GM of Green Mountain Cellular Telephone (GMCT) which is owned and operated by CelluComm and is one of twelve cell sites. * GMCT is a soon-to-be operating system that will operate 16 cell sites at the time of opening and eight months later will operate 21 cell sites and will serve 400,000 people. * GMCT is one month behind schedule because of numerous problems. The original turn on date is February 1st and has been set back to April 1st. * Peterson is scheduled to meet with Knight in two weeks to discuss the different problems that have led to the delay. * Peterson expected to be reporting directly to Jenkins, however Peterson never ends up responding directly to Jenkins and is to report to Jeff Hardy. Background * GMCT had originally planned to begin service to subscribers on February 1, and are already a month behind schedule. * Management support is nearly invisible. A new general manager (Eric Peterson), has no previous experience and therefore should have adequate support from his superiors. * Lack of communication with superiors and headquarters since taking action. Issues Facing Eric Peterson * Eric Petersen's authority and power. * Unclear decision making makes it difficult for Peterson to make the necessary decisions to help GMCT successful. * Unclear about his position of responsibility and authority. ...
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...Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald was born on April 25, 1918, in Newport News, Virginia, but spent her formative years in Yonkers, New York, and received her musical education in its public schools. When only 16, she received her first big break at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, when she won an amateur night contest and impressed saxophonistbandleader Benny Carter. He recommended her to drummer-bandleader Chick Webb, who hired her in 1935. She soon became a recording star with the band, and her own composition "A-tisket, A-tasket"(1938) was such a smash hit that the song became her trademark for many years thereafter. When Webb died in 1939, Fitzgerald assumed leadership of the band for the next year. By 1940 Fitzgerald was recognized throughout the music world as a vocal marvel - a singer with clarity of tone, flexibility of range, fluency of rhythm, and, above all, a talent for improvisation that was equally effective on ballads and up-tempo tunes. Although for a long time her reputation with musicians and other singers outstripped that with the general public, she corrected the imbalance soon after joining Norman Granz's Jazz at the Philharmonic (JATP) in 1946. She made annual tours with the group and was invariably the concert favorite. Three of her unfailing show-stoppers were "Oh, Lady Be Good," "Stomping at the Savoy," and "How High the Moon." Each would begin at a medium tempo and then turn into a rhythmic excursion as Fitzgerald moved up-tempo...
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...The investigation of Laci Peterson began on Christmas Eve, 2002, Scott Peterson called police to report that his 27 year old wife, Laci Peterson, was missing from their one-story, ranch-style Modesto, California home (Noe, 2010). Laci was seven and a half months pregnant. Doctors had given her a due date of February 10, 2003. A sonogram had shown the fetus to be a boy; the parents planned to name him Conner. Little did everyone know eventually Scott Peterson would be behind the disappearance of his wife and unborn son, Conner (Noe, 2010). At first Scott seemed to play the role of the loving, caring, and devoted husband. This was the cause of Scott not being considered a suspect early on. Investigators focused on other leads, which gave Scott the ability to eventually try to disappear. Things started to unravel when police noticed Scott’s story was not adding up about his whereabouts the morning of the disappearance. Scott’s secrets did not last long. Soon the affair he was having with Amber Frey was well known and now caused him to be under closer suspicion in the disappearance of his wife (Noe, 2010). Amber Frey contacted the police when she learned that Scott was married and admitted that he had lost his wife weeks prior to her disappearance. Amber agreed to let the police tap the phone lines in hopes of trying to have Scott to confess to the crime but Scott never stated anything on the recordings that could incriminate him (Noe, 2010). He either knew that he was trying...
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...Jury Selection Process Every American that has registered to vote or has a drivers license can at any time be called to serve on a jury. There are mixed feelings about being called for duty. Some Americans see it as a nuisance that will disrupt their lives. Others see it as an opportunity to serve their country. Being called to serve, and actually serving is two different matters. A jury is ultimately selected by the judge, prosecutor and defending attorney. How they are they picked? How are they released? Maybe this paper will answer a few of these questions. The selection of a jury is the process that occurs right before the actual trial, and after the trial initiation and the arraignment and plea. Only about 10 percent of actual arraignments see an actual trial, because 90 percent of cases that are preparing for trial end up accepting a plea bargain (Schmalleher, 2009). Any one who is accused of a crime and will stand trial is allowed by the Sixth Amendment the right to an impartial jury. For a jury to be impartial, it is not always true that they have no prior knowledge of the case at all. In the case of a highly publicized trial, it can be almost impossible to find 12 people who know nothing about the case at hand or the accused. Some jurors will be excused based on how suitable they are judged to be for the case, and some may be excused because of reasons beyond their control (Schmalleger, 2009). I have been called to serve jury duty one time in my life. At the...
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...Scott Lee Peterson was born on October 24, 1972 in San Diego, California. The only child of Lee and Jackie Peterson, Scott grew up in a San Diego suburb and was a model student. He graduated from the University Of San Diego High School and spent a semester at Arizona State University before returning home to attend Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo. In 1994, he transferred to nearby California Polytechnic State University, where he majored in agricultural business. While a student at Cal Poly, Peterson met Laci Rocha. (biography.com) Laci Denise Rocha was born on Sunday, May 04, 1975 in Modesto and she was a famous victim from United States. Laci Peterson had studied at Downey High School, Modesto, CA and then she attended the BA Ornamental Horticulture, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The couple moved in together and married in 1997. Soon after, they opened a burger joint called "The Shack,” eventually selling the profitable business and moving to Modesto to be closer to Laci's family. There, Peterson got a job selling fertilizer and Laci became a substitute teacher. (biography.com) On December 24, 2002 at 5:48 p.m., Modesto Police received the call that Laci Peterson was missing. Modesto Police were dispatched to the Peterson home. Scott Peterson told police that he'd been out all day. He claimed that he went to his office that morning, went fishing, then returned to his office for a few hours before coming home. At the time of her disappearance, Laci was 27-yrs-old...
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...written for college students and young adults. Evil in Our Time An essay on abortion by Larry Bohannon. This essay answers the questions: why has the tragedy of abortion happened in our time and what can we do to stop it. Pro-Life Speech on the National Sanctity of Human Life day A speech by Larry Bohannon presented to Garden Oaks Baptist Church in Houston Texas for the 2003 National Sanctity of Human Life day. The pro-choice movement: Safe, legal, as often as possible Benjamin Shapiro on the irony of the pro-choice movement's claim for "safe, legal and rare" abortion. Turkeys matter, but children are a choice Mychal Massie on the reality of abortion contrasted to the silence of black leadership on the subject. R.I.P. Connor Peterson An essay by Vox Day, a columnist for World Net...
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...24, 2002, Laci Peterson was accounted for missing from the Modesto, California home she imparted to Scott. She was eight months pregnant with a due date of February 10, 2003, and they had wanted to name the child kid Conner. The definite date and reason for her demise were never decided. Peterson at first reported her missing on Christmas Eve, and the story immediately pulled in across the country media interest. Modesto police did not quickly recognize Scott Peterson as a suspect, to a great extent in light of the fact that Laci's family and companions kept up their confidence in his honesty amid the month tailing her disappearance. Eventually, police became more suspicious because of irregularities in his story. On January 17, it got to be realized that he had various extramarital affairs, most as of late with a back rub advisor named Amber Frey. She drew nearer police about Peterson, whom she had recently started to date, subsequent to finding he was really hitched to a missing lady. Right now, Laci's family reported that they had withdrawn their backing of him. They later said that they were rankled not by the issue, but rather that he had told Frey that he'd "lost" Laci and that he would be spending his first Christmas without her — 14 days prior to she disappeared. To the Rocha’s, this implied that he had officially wanted to kill her long before her disappearance. Frey consented to let the police tape her ensuing telephone discussions with Peterson, with expectations...
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...The Difference between a felony and misdemeanor Laura Macella AIU Online The Difference between a felony and misdemeanor Abstract In this paper it will be discussed the differences between a felony and a misdemeanor. There will be examples of real life situations and memo discussing to a client the differences between the two. It will be discussed to the client that was charged with breach of peace about the crime she committed, her concerns about prison and the death sentences, and the punishments that she will possibly face if she is convicted. There are two divisions that a crime can fall under. When a crime is committed, the crime can fall either under a misdemeanor or a felony charge. Misdemeanors are usually small, petty crimes that one commits which are usually punishable by a fine, short jail sentence usually less than 1 year, or community service. When talking about a felony they are much more serious crimes, which will carry a severe sentence of more than a year in jail or even a death sentence. According to Money Matters 101, a misdemeanor is a less criminal act in many common law systems (moneymatters101.com). A misdemeanor are generally less severe crimes that are committed and are usually punished with fines, community service, a less than 12 months in jail. Misdemeanors usually don’t result in the loss of civil rights, but if you are convicted of a misdemeanor, you might find it difficult to obtain a professional license or public employment (moneymatters101...
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