Name: Munaim Akhtar (ERP ID: 10426) Case Title: TERRACOG GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS: CONFLICT AND COMMUNICATION ON PROJECT AERIAL Case Analysis: This case is about TerraCog, a well-known high-tech firm that develop product like GPS for consumer market. This case describes the failure of new project initiated by TerraCog named project Aerial due to organizational conflicts between sales, production, and design, development department of TerraCog. Problems: Posthaste, a competitor in market
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“TerraCog Global Positioning Systems” WAC II ASSIGNMENT I Submitted to: Prof. Danesh Gojar By: Vinod Dubey (FSB I - 60682) Date of Submission: 11th March, 2012 TerraCog Global Positioning Systems February, 2008 To, Mr. Richard Fiero, The President, TerraCog. Subject: Launch of ‘Aerial’ Dear Sir, This report is an analysis of options available regarding project Aerial and strategy regarding dealing with the emerging competition in the market. Executive Summary
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Stephanie Wander MBA 230 Fall 2012 Humans and Organizations An organization is a social division of people that is managed and structured to meet a need or to pursue collective objectives. While the management structure from organization to organization differs, all organizations have some form of a management structure that determines relationships between the different activities and members. This structure also sub-divides and assigns roles, responsibilities, and authority to accomplish
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Issues: The case of TerraCog’ conflict to reach on a common ground is due to lack of communication among various departmental functions, lack of single company vision, fulfilment of personal objectives, and absence of leadership that eventually led up to group conflicts. As stated above, departmental functions responded to their personal objectives in having the final decision sway in their own directions. Sales teams wanted to ship the product which is technically stronger than the competitor’s
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The Case Study of TerraCog Global Positional Systems Xu Yang, 005767016 The company of TerraCog enjoys the flat organization juts like the typical law firm.The benefit of this structure is better communication between departments and efficient examination through production process. However, it also leads to the serious situation which TerraCog is facing now. Case question one: Richard Fiero as the president of this company regard quality reputation
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Flame School of Business Written Analysis and Communication II To : PGDM Students From : Danesh Gojer WAC II ASSIGNMENT 1 Case : Terracog Global Positioning Systems Class : Wednesday, 7 March, 2012 Assignment : You are Emma Richardson, Executive Vice President. Using the WAC format prepare a full report on your decision concerning Project Aerial. The report is to be sent to your direct boss – Richard Fiero, President. Deadline : 12 AM on Monday, March 12, 2012 in a soft
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Case Study Overview Trip Hawkins founded Digital Chocolate in Silicon Valley in 2003 to “develop outstanding games for mobile devices.” Hawkins’s previous experience as CEO of Electronic Arts helped him appreciate the challenges with coming up creative content and making that contain available on different platforms. By 2008, Digital Chocolate had expanded its operations into four countries: San Mateo, California; Helsinki, Finland; Bangalore, India; and Barcelona, Spain, and had become one
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LEADERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS(Draft Syllabus) B01.1302.25 Spring 2010 Professor R. Kabaliswaran Office: KMC 7-56 E-mail: rkabalis@stern.nyu.edu Office Hours: 11:30 AM– 1:00 PM on class days and by appointment Class Hrs: Wed 1:30-4:20 PM on Jan 27; Feb 3, 10, 17, 24; Mar 3, 10, 24, 31; Apr 7, 14, 21, 28. Due Dates Team Case Write-up: 2/24. Final Team Project : 4/28. Indiv Take Home Final: 5/2. ____________________________________________________________ _________________ Course Overview Welcome
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