Analyzing the case of Dick Spencer has been interesting in many ways than one .
Tri-American Corporation – An Introduction
Even before analyzing more about Dick Spencer I would certainly want to highlight few points about the Tri-American Corporation and how it functions, The Company followed the basic organizational structure and the hierarchy of systems. What made it different is how they see each plant as separate entities. This was more of a Decentralized organizational structure, where each plant had its own function and was in a way competing with the other plants of the corporation. The company mainly concentrated on the mining of bauxite from Jamaica and processing into Aluminum fabrication and made several aluminum constructural materials out it.
The company had about 22000 employees altogether and had many plants in Louisiana, Mordrow , London and Birmingham At the same time The Mordrow branch was going through a facelift and Modernization with new products and like everything all this incurred heavy cost. But there was a great deal of expectation on the Return on Investment.
The employees where in constant pressure of the management because of both internal and external factors being reduction of costs and expenses where ever possible to fasten the return on investment and other being, having to compete with other plants.
Problem Identification:
Dick Spencer, an employee of good track record had all the spotlight on him while he was part of the Sales Department of the Tri-American Corporation, He was young and enthusiastic about his job and career and was considered the one to look out for .
The series of issues started to come from the point he voluntarily wanted to shift departments and later to different locations. Dick being a person a man high caliber needed to prove his ability in the administrative side and was very well pressured.
Being a manager Dick should have been more careful in dealing with the employees.
Constant supervision over the subordinates was not the best of ideas. His wandering over the plant affected the comfort level of most supervisors.
Inability to think from the employees perspectives or inability to make the employee understand what the ordered task defines .
. This issue cannot be seen as just Dick Spencer’s problem but how the company makes it really hectic and stiff competition within the company itself. At the same time some of the companies systems and procedures cannot be justified . Some of it has crucial effect on the performance and the sustainability of the company .

Analysis and Evaluation
Critically analyse what went wrong:Dick being one of the managers, should have been a highly responsible not just when it came to performance but also one of the most important resources of the company ‘ the Human Resource ‘. He should have realsised their importance in the company
Dick Spencer’s reputation and transformation of him from a sales person to the administrative role was not easily accepted. He changed visibly. Thought of him as cold, calculating, head hunter