ATTEMPT ONLY FOUR CASE SUDY
Case 1:
Want to be More Efficient, Spread Risk, and Learn and Innovate at the same Time? Try Building a “World Car”
Japanese car companies like Toyota and Honda Motor Company are pioneering the auto industries truly global manufacturing system. The companies aim is to perfect a cars design and production in one place and then churn out thousands of “world” cars each year that can be made in one place and sold worldwide. ……..
global production levels on a quarterly basis in response to economic conditions in different markets.
Questions:
1. Discuss the strategies implemented by Toyota and Honda to achieve greater efficiency in car production.
2. How do the automobile companies plan to simultaneously manage risk and gain efficiencies?
3. Discuss how the car companies use national differences to gain a strategic advantage in the global car industry.
Case 2: Can Little Fish Swim in a Big Pond? Strategic Alliance with a Big Fish
Globalization and the ……………….
is going to say, ‘hey, I can do this by myself,’” Ms. Metayer says. The last thing any company needs is a rival who has intimate knowledge of its internal operations.
Questions:
1. Why would small companies want to form alliances with much bigger companies?
2. What risks do small companies face in forming such alliances?
3. Discuss how a company should approach the opportunity to form an alliance with another company.
Case 3: The new Organizational Structure of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation [SMBC] announced its plan for the organization structure of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), the holding company, which will be established on December 2, 2002. It also announced its plan …………………….
Planning Department will be abolished and its functions for defined contribution pension funds will be transferred to the Corporate Employees Promotion Department of the Consumer Banking Unit.
Questions:
1. Why is Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation changing its organization structure?
2. What type of structure is Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation implementing? What are the main characteristics of the design?
3. In your opinion, does the proposed structure fit with the global environment in which the company is operating? Why or why not?
Case 4 conflict Resolution for Contrasting Cultures
An American sales manager of a large Japanese manufacturing firm in the United States sold a multi-million-dollar order to an American customer. The order was to be filled by headquarters in Tokyo. The customer requested some changes to the product’s standard specifications and a specified dead-line for delivery.
……………………Also, we are concerned that the sales force has not worked hard enough to make customers understand our commitment to them.”
Questions:
1. How are the managers of the Japanese manufacturing firm different from the American managers in the way they approach conflict resolution and decision making?
2. Why do the Japanese consider the Americans managers impatient?
3. What would you do to increase the amount of cooperation between the two parties?
4. Why did the Japanese not respond to the e-mails and written messages from the Americans?
Case 5 All Eyes On the Corner Office
After more than a decade at the head of Siemens, the icon of German industry, Chief Executive Heinrich von Pierer is something of an icon himself.
In 2003, his name was floated briefly as a candidate for the German presidency. After years of investor criticism that he moved too slowly to transform the $93 billion electronics conglomerate into a global competitor, von ……………
“It could be someone who is not the strongest but has the strongest consensus among the gray heads,” says a source who works closely with Siemens. Still, it’s clear that at Siemens, gray heads are becoming ever more scarce.
Questions:
1. What leadership skills have contributed to the success of the incumbent CEO, Heinrich Von Pierer? Describe his leadership style.
2. Siemens faces challenges in the global marketplace. The company will likely require a different leadership style than Von Pierer’s to face these challenges. What style would you recommend to Siemens?
3. Why would the age of the leader be an important consideration in a global company? Would it be important in your consideration of the candidates for CEO of Siemens? Why?
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