Assignment task:
There are several problems for the Tucker Knox Corporation. Identify which problems are Macro problems (involving the whole company) and Micro problems (involving an individual or a few individuals). - Members of management seem to be more interested in creating their own "empires" and advancing their individual careers than making sure that Tucker Knox succeeds. "Kingdoms" are formed by key managers with their army of followers. - There seems to be a climate of distrust among members of management. There is no management team; just individual managers. - There is a shallow pool of management talent able to take over in an emergency. This is evident when there was only one person familiar enough with the Ireland plant to take over its operations. - Goals and plans do not seem clear and well defined. Evidence of this is that departments are created and moved around based not on the organization goals but instead on politics and who has the support of Larry Henderson. - New and lower level managers such as Ed Leonard are forced to declare their allegiance to their boss; then inherit or suffer the fate of that boss.