Aston Blair Case

1. At the end of the case, Bacon finds himself in a difficult note due to the leaking of confidential company culture. This major problem stemmed from the position that Bacon withheld an important document from Meir and the rest of the confinement jampack group. Dr. Cornelius was informed of Bodins 6 summary statement report which suggests that the regional sales managers were consistently overstating their sales estimates in order to ensure adequate inventory and quick delivery.Bodin overlap his findings with Bacon and Reiss, in assumption, and they all agreed that none of the information would be presented in the wonderful 4th presentation or to the task wedge team until Bodin had the opportunity to discuss everything with his boss Vice President Jed Burns. unluckily Bacon left the paper on his desk, where Meir was open to read it, and then passed on the information to Dr. Cornelius. Cornelius has taken it upon himself to schedule an appointment with Burns to reveal Bo dins findings and that situation ignited Bacons current problem.Reiss, who witness the entire ordeal, is now super up cut back with Bacon for allowing early(a)s to obtain the confidential information and is fearful of the consequences it will lead for Bodin, once Burns finds out. The entire problem stems from the confidential information Bodin provided to Bacon. iodine of the factors that has caused Bacons current problem was that he didnt take precautionary measures to cut across the document. By leaving it on his desk, he facilitated the information to other people. another(prenominal) factor that might subscribe to caused Bacons problem is his lack of communication.Perhaps if he has shared the information with his task force team they would have understood expose and not leaked the information to other people in the company forward the scheduled time. Another obvious problem for Bacon was the tension between him and other people in the company. Meir was not very supportiv e of Bacon and his leadership role, and matte up Dr. Cornelius genuinely deserved the title. Because the team wasnt united and didnt rightfully support each other, it lead to a dismembered team at the end.2. advance(prenominal) 1991 Price of gold declines and sales forecasts continue aggressive for Aston-Blair results in riotous inventories of overvalued gold, silver, and platinum. June 12 Wynn Aston III asks Peter Casey (vice-president of marketing) and Chris Trott (vice-president of corporate planning) to reexamine the companys procedures for forecasting sales. Together they decide to create a taskforce and select Michael Bacon (special jockstrap to Chris Trott) to head the team investigating forecast problems. July 23 collision set up with Trott, Casey, and the market managers for August 4 to present progress and recommendations.July 24 Meeting between task force members is called. Everyone attended except Meir (who was aggregation data in NYC). It was decided that mo re information needs to be gathered and prepared for Burns to review prior to presenting to market managers August 4th deadline not likely to be met. August 4 Meeting begins well and takes a dive once Meir presents. Market managers questions validity of research. A break is called to cool off heated arguments and meeting is set to reconvene at 3pm. Confidential information is discovered that whitethorn implicate Emile Bodins fellowship of foul play within the company.Michael Bacon face up with several dilemmas needing immediate resolution. 3. Stemming from the first meeting when the team was assembled, there was a lack of communication and a lack of leadership. Bacon did not take ailment and let Holt have the lead. Reiss finally spoke up for the teams and direction the they should take. Bacon never made an assertive decision and always seemed to be guided, even by his team. Since the team divided into subgroups they never fully developed a coordinated team relationship. Another problem was the design of the team.It was obvious that there was indignation from team members that the younger associates were fix up in charge of the assignment. The sales managers were huffy that this task force team was coming in attempting to tell them how to do their jobs and change the way they do things. Overall there was too some(prenominal) conflict and resentment to get anything accomplished What didnt happen, that should have, on the mean solar day of the presentation was during the break, Bacon could have called a meeting of all the task force members and taken the time to unify everyone.He could have emphasized the importance of the task force and their recommendations and reassured everyone he was there to support them. He could have also gotten feedback from the members and used the time to develop a plan for what the team needed to do when they returned to the meeting. Another one of the major issues was the lack of information sharing between team members. Ba cons major problem stems from the fact that he withheld an important document from Meir and the rest of the task force team. What Bacon could have done, only when he didnt, was taken a moment to inform everyone of the new knowledge that came to light.Perhaps had he done so, the task force member would have entangle a better sense of cohesiveness and finally team unity. 4. Pros to a greater extent time is needed to sort through the information and provide a good argument for report. Cancelling the meeting would allow adequate time for special research to commence. By cancelling the meeting, relationships with marketing managers could have more time to be re-established and improved. Information can be reviewed and supported by upper counseling By cancelling the meeting, the Vice President could be brought up to speed on the gathered information and perhaps intervene himself.Cons canceling meeting gives sense of not being prepared properly thus losing influence (clout) Followin g through on meeting and successfully delivering message will show confidence in report findings. Delivering information before it may leak falsely will cover anyone providing that information and saving face for Bacon and team If they cancelling the meeting, it would put a blemish on their professional reputations for not being able to get the job done on time.