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Principle and
Practices of Management
CASE STUDY (20 Marks)
Two
of the leading manufacturers of highend mobile phones, Motorola, Inc.
(Motorola) and Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM), had entered into an agreement in
February 2008, whereby the two companies had agreed not to poach each other's
employees. In September 2008, Motorola sued RIM and claimed for damages
accusing the latter of poaching 40 of its employees in Florida. In December,
RIM countersued Motorola accusing the company of illegally preventing it from
hiring employees who had been fired from Motorola though the original agreement
between the two companies had expired in August 2008. While experts are still
divided on whether talent poaching is ethical, there has been a steep increase
in employee poaching lawsuits across all sectors as employers are concerned
with protecting their trade secrets . In December 2008, Research in Motion Ltd.
(RIM) sued Motorola Inc. (Motorola) for, what it called, illegally preventing
it from hiring employees that Motorola had laid off. According to RIM, the two
companies had entered into an agreement in February 2008 on not hiring each
other's employees or the newly separated exemployees. When Motorola announced
layoffs in large numbers, RIM, attempted to hire and gain some engineers at a
lower cost. RIM considered that the agreement had expired in August 2008 and
prayed to the Chicago court for damages. RIM contended that despite the
agreement having expired, Motorola had unlawfully extended the contract and
prevented RIM from offering jobs to the fired Motorola employees.
Answer the following question.
Q1. Give an overview of the case.
Q2. Discuss talent poaching and give
reasons why talent poaching is illegal
CASE STUDY (20 Marks)
The case summarizes the career of Indian
Cricketer Mohammad Shami. Shami was born in a remote village called Sahaspur,
Uttar Pradesh. He developed a deep passion for fast blowing from his teenage
days and dreamt of playing for the national team. Shami struggled for a year in
clubs of Kolkata before getting selected in the Bengal Under22 team.
SouravGanguly, former captain of the Indian Cricket Team recognized his talent
during net practice sessions and recommended him for the Bengal Ranji team in
2010. Shami was signed on by the Kolkata Knight Riders for the 2011 session of
the Indian Premier League. In 2005, Tousif Ali (Ali) sent his 15yearold son,
Mohammad Shami (Shami), from Sahaspur, a small town in Uttar Pradesh, North
India, to Kolkata in the hope of securing a better future for him in cricket.
Ali, himself had been a fast bowler in his younger days in a village team. He
saw the deep passion Shami had for cricket as a teenager. He had earlier taken
him to Badruddin Siddique, a cricket coach in Moradabad, 22 km from the
village. Shami bowled exceptionally well in the under19 trials but couldn’t
make it to the team. With Uttar Pradesh not having an organized club system for
cricket, Shami had no choice but to leave his hometown to Kolkata.
Answer the following question.
Q1. Discuss the importance of patience,
perseverance and passion in success.
Q2. Explain how clubs, state level
and domestic matches help grooming of cricketers for the national cricket team.
CASE STUDY (20 Marks)
MrVenu
Gopal was the section officer in charge of a large administration section.
There were 10 typists above 50 years of age and one zerox machine operator.
Though the type writers had been discarded and personal computers purchased,
the typists were not in a position to use computers and were manually entering
the incoming and outgoing letters in inwards and outwards registers. The staff
had become redundant. Though there was not much work load of photocopying of
letters, the photocopier machine remained out of order and there was no work
for operator. There was a rate contract for the repairs and maintenance of
photo copier machine but the mechanic was hardly visiting the office for repair
work. Mr. Gopal and his section were under fire because of inefficiencies in
maintaining the records and pending typing works. He was not able to keep his
staff engaged and all were indulged in other unproductive activities. Because
of ban in recruitment, other operational sections were starving for additional
staff. Answer the following question.
Q1. As a boss of MrVenu Gopal, what
steps should have been taken by you to streamline the activities?
Q2. Discuss how and where the
administration has failed to keep the staff engaged?
CASE STUDY (20 Marks)
Perdue
Farms, running the international business of food and agriculture, was a
privately held family run business established with the vision, ‘To be the most
trusted name in food and agricultural products’. In 2012, in the markets of the
eastern United States, Perdue Farms stood as the third largest poultry company
and the number one brand of fresh chickens. The three generations of the Perdue
family had followed the same vision in the business, though their approaches
had varied. Arthur, Franklin, and Jim, had worked for at least five years
outside the family business before joining Perdue Farms; Jim opined that, “You
can’t find out about yourself and your abilities in a family business as easily
as you can in an independent business.” The successful succession planning at
Perdue Farms from the second to the third generation could be attributed to the
fact that during the transfer of ownership from Frank to Jim, a family business
consultant was called in to address the transition issues. According to Jim,
the major challenges in business succession included persons belonging to the
older generation being reluctant to step away from the business, and being
unable to provide motivation for the younger generation... In a bid to bring
new varieties of chicken into the market, Arthur in the early days of the
business crossbred the best available varieties of chicken to produce better
quality hybrids. The founder of the farm set up the business based on a vision
which was followed by all the generations... Though all the three generations
of the Perdue family had been able to successfully run the family business with
a common a vision of quality, integrity, teamwork, and stewardship, there were
differences in all the three leaders.. I Under Jim’s stewardship, Perdue Farms
grew manyfold but it also became the target of various allegations. In March
2010, nonprofit environmental groups like Assateague Coast keeper and Water
keeper Alliance filed a suit accusing Perdue Farms and its contractor Hudson
Farms of polluting the waters flowing into the Chesapeake Bay. Perdue Farms was
struggling to counteract many of the allegations leveled against it such as
negative effects of its operations on the environment, exploitation of farmers,
and making false claims of producing ‘humanely’ raised chickens. Disagreeing
with these charges, Jim opined that the company was doing enough in seeking
environmental protections; he said, “We’re doing a lot (to protect the
environment) and we’ll continue doing a lot, and I think the rest of the
country will benefit from what we’re doing and learning here..
Answer the following question.
Q1. Discuss the concept of family
business, its advantages & disadvantages.
Q2. Analyze the management style
across different generations,
Q3. Analyze the management style
across different generations.
Q4. Explain the role played by an entrepreneur
in setting up a family business,
identifying the opportunities and sustaining
the growth of the firm.
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