. As Luc. Bonnard, how would you evaluate Silvio's first seven months on the job?

There are positive and negative attributes towards Silvio's performance. Silvio's method which is selecting the management team was extremely positive. His choices of a management team seemed to be very logical and well thought out. We can see that from the case that Silvio knew he was not in a comfortable environment. The selection of experienced managers with a background in India was extremely needed. Another positive attribute was his desire to get buy-in, from the management team, to his business model from the start.
Meanwhile, from a negative standpoint, Silvio should have either have relocated his family prior to starting to develop the company infrastructure or done more upfront work prior to relocating his family to India. Silvio spent weeks trying to setting up the company infrastructure as well as juggle the relocation of his family. As a result of the juggling, neither goal was executed well. Silvio needs to become more accepting of alterations to his business plan. Silvio was determined to follow his business plan even if the market revealed better alternatives. A good example of this business plan was the decision to strictly offer a standard product line with no customization. Customers were clear that the standard product line would not be acceptable for the first two orders that Schindler India received.
I would advise Silvio to sit down with his management team and reevaluate their business plan. After the re-evaluation, Silvio needs to obtain the respect of the team. In Sweden, Silvio was given respect due to his position. In India Silvio would need to earn the respect of his management team. The "warrior" management style that Silvio was familiar to did more harm than good at earning their respect.

1. Did Schindler make the right choice in assigning Silvio