By doing that members of the organization realize that they have a stake in the organization as well. They no longer remain hired employees of the organization but they in fact become business people in the real sense as they try to understand every aspect of the business. The strength of this solution is that employee will themselves be able to see if they are contributing to the organization or not. The negative point is regarding the training required to be imparted to members of the organization for them tom understanding the books and numbers. Solution 2: The Company could form cross-functional team in its true spirits with clarity of goals. Cross functional teams are formed to carry out special projects where different minds sit, brainstorm and make combined efforts to successfully implement a project. This empowerment through teamwork will develop their problem solving skill and they will become a part of the big picture. Whether employees are working individually or they are part of the cross-functional teams, unless they know the goals and aims, the impact of their actions on bottom line and what they can and should do to improve the situation, all such modern concepts of teams do not actually make their impact.

The strength of cross function teams is that they are easy to implement but the negative is that they usually fail when there is no clarity of goal and members do not own it.

Proposed Solution

The proposed solution to management would be to make cross functional teams that should actually sit together and work to resolve the problems regarding the project. The role of senior management and that of CEO in particular would be of utmost importance. The CEO must be the part of cross functional...

The survival and success of the organization depends upon the timely completion of the project and its launch in the market. Even though organization must have been proactive in the realm of product development but it was actually the crunch time that made management look into the matter of product development. The organization finally started work on the new product but the project suffered very badly due to inter-departmental conflicts, unrealistic deadlines and assumptions regarding the project. In such a situation leadership of top management plays a pivotal role. However, in reality the organization members could not even sit together to work on the project, instead the communication among the members resulted in the development of conflicts rather than consensus on the project. The lack of team presence seems to be a grave management problem. In this grim scenario, it is suggested that organization members be introduced to concepts of team building and the role of CEO in this regard should have been of utmost importance. The cross functional teams should comprise all the key members, that is, engineering, marketing, finance, top management, product development etc. The goals of the project and its importance for the survival of the organization must be clearly communicated to its members. In the long run, training on modern management concepts like open book management, cross functional teams etc. should be provided to members. Management must try to instill in members a new zeal by sharing candidly the goals of the organization.