CASE APPLICATION 1 PS/ITC/15/0037
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The number one and type of issue may vary from time to time or may arise as influence by many factors, however, few of the issues they might face as tabulated under.
As the top managers of their company, Bert and John have to establish the plans and goals and make some big decisions, such as which market do they want to develop, how much money they want to earn next year which partner they want to cooperate and so on. As the top managers of their company Bert and John might face the following issues: * Leadership: defining leadership style, though leadership may be hard to define but as one characteristics remain common i.e. all leaders must have the ability to make things happen. Thus being the top managers they must maintain their will to control events, charting out of course and implementing with the power to get job done using the skills and abilities of employees. Consistency in making good decision; being at the helms of the affairs they are expected to maintain steadiness in achieving intended goals. * Egoistic approach: at some point they may have experience of being unavoidably entangled in the following egoistic approach. This has to remain in control in order to achieve the desired goals. Few of the factors indicating problems with an out-of-control ego are; consistently poor morale, constant communication breakdown, bad hiring decisions, acquisitions or mergers that go sour, high employee turnover, consistently poor quality, loss of market share, vulnerability to competitors, decreasing profit from year to year, * Poor sales results: Consistently poor decision, motivational issue, no organization, be it formal or casual will get far if its workers are not motivated. Workers who lack focus or uninterested in the end goal are not usually very productive, and can often