Chaos Case Studies Samples For Students

Strategic Management

Ardiff Metropolian University
Overview of Wikipedia’s Strategy
Wikipedia is thought to be the unique example of a market player that implements the principles which have been previously declared. It means that the thesis consisting in creation of the free online encyclopedia was proven by the consequent and following actions, taken by the website. The company has managed to be powerful competitor, when there were other online free information players, such as Britannica and Encarta.com. The former was represented by Microsoft Inc (Blue Ocean Strategy Institute, 2011).
When the online information platform was only being formed, it was the ...

Is project management more of a science or more of an art form?

The main problem of this article is to find out what is “science” or “art” has more influence on project management. First of all, it is necessary to mention that “science” is generally defined by replicable, learnable procedures that tend toward success while “art” is defined by the unpredictable, capable of being carried out by skilled practitioners but in ways that they are not always able to explain. Other words, ‘science” can be characterized as planning and “art” - influence of external factors. It is obvious, that planning plays essential role in project management. Before starting a project, a ...

Strategic Messages to Different Stakeholders

Key message to executive: Introducing a new CEO
Objectives:
Issues:
According to Koyne & Koyne (2007), the executive should know that the new CEO and managing partners are likely to reorganize the company through layoffs and dismiss top management. However, the top management can tell the new leaders that they want to help them achieve implement the changes. Porter, Lorsch &Nohria (2004) established that CEOs should focus on managing the organizational structure and not on daily operations. Additionally, the CEO at BrightStar should understand that his position does not give him the right to lead or a guarantee that the ...

Employees need to have a clear relationship with their employees. They need to understand how the recruitment and retirement exercise works for them to plan their schedule. The employees have to work on their variation and flexibility since the market required employees who have such skills. Long time employees of the company need to change their perception towards the HR department. The HR should reward the most competitive employees. Rewarding would enhance healthy competition within the employees and give them the will to outdo their friends. The HR should compensate employees in injury cases. The department should look after all ...

Q1. Art’s technique couldn’t possibly work in all organizations. Some organizations are extremely large, especially multi-national companies and they have hundreds of employees under one roof. Allowing everyone to be the boss in such an organization could lead to chaos. There would be no clear division of powers and employees would do whatever they deemed fit. Due to this, certain parts of the business could be neglected and because of that it could suffer. Moreover, employees withdrawing money and deciding their own pays with their accountant could cause excessive problems. It would be hard to keep track ...

There has been a bomb that apparently blew Boston’s subway Southern Station and created chaos, injuries and even deaths to be sustained by people within the area. Gerald Smarten, the CEO of Kaspa Financial Services was therefore currently faced with a dilemma on whether he would concede to the police contact of Paul Schlesinger, the organization’s chief of security, that their office could potentially be used as a triage center and a temporary morgue; or decline. Specifically, the question that needs to be answered is: How should Gerald Smarten balance the needs of Kaspa and the community?

Company’s History and Growth

Although little details were ...