...SILVIO NAPOLI AT SCHINDLER INDIA (A) Schindler was established in 1874 in Switzerland by Robert Schindler. In 1889, the elevators has been started to manufacture by company. Then, Alfred N. Schindler, fourth generation the family, transformed the firm from manufacturing Company to customer-oriented service company. Schindler is the leader in supplying escalators and second largest Swiss based company which supplies elevator. CEO, Alfred Schindler decided to enter the India market since it is a growing market. Therefore, Silvio Napoli, who is a graduate of Harvard MBA and head of the corporate planning of the company, charged for developing a strategic plan in India. Since 1996, Schindler has not direct operations in India except distribution agreement with ECE. After terminating it, they had a technical collaboration with Bharat Bijlee LTD. (BBL).Then, the negotiations between BBL and Schindler resulted badly and that agreement was terminated as well. Afterwards, in order to understand the India market, they agreed with Boston Consulting Group. They narrowed 34 potential partners to 8 and it was understood that the candidates were not appropriate for the partnership. Thus, decisions changed to start a wholly owned company in India. Silvio Napoli was a young man with a family. These properties made Alfred Schindler’s mind to choose Napoli as a GM for Indian company. He thought that only a young person can adapt himself to a different culture and he relies on him for making strategic...
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...Source: wallpapers.pixxp.com Case Study Silvio Napoli at Schindler India Was Silvio the right choice? hochschule hof University of Applied Sciences Univ ersityof Applied Sciences PROS: He developed the business plan Int. Experience CONS: Age and family situation Personality and cultural background (France & USA) Experience with Swatch Project Lack of adaptation to foreign cultures No similar post before Well educated No sales and technical experience in the elevator business 2 Was Silvio the right choice? hochschule hof University of Applied Sciences Univ ersityof Applied Sciences Blindly sticking to his business plan Lack of soft skills Failed to convince the team of his plan Harsh leadership style not suitable in India Probably not the right person for this particular position as general manager 3 How to evaluate the Silvio`s first seven moths as general manager? hochschule hof University of Applied Sciences Univ ersityof Applied Sciences “The first step is always the hardest!” Teething problems in establishing the business Still in the “learning process” Too ambitious plans Having build a reasonable management team Sold the first elevators (although customized) Having failed to meet the demand of the Indian market 4 How to advice Silvio? hochschule hof University of Applied Sciences Univ ersityof Applied Sciences Do you still want to work for Schindler in India? Better adapting to Indian values in terms of leadership...
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...Silvio Napoli at Schindler India WHAT IS A KEY ISSUE IN THIS CASE? Silvio Napoli, a Harvard MBA graduate was hired by Schindler Elevator Company where he introduced a business plan that supports the company's goal to grow its international market share by acquiring a fully owned subsidiary in India. The primary goals were to achieve 50 orders in the first year, then break even after 4 years of operations. It was also planned that 20 percent off the market share will be gained one the inside of 5 years. Because Napoli had constructed the plan, and he has had success in the past with his award winning Swatch strategy in a rising market that had growth prospects. It was the mindset among his bosses that he would be the best candidate for the job. The two key elements of his business plan strategy are as follows: 1.) The introduction of a line of standardized and non-customizable S001 & S00 3 elevators. 2.) The local supply of materials and companies. It had been 8 months since Napoli took up office and there hasn't been a single sale. Things had gone wrong. The strategic implementation of the business plan was not as easy as anticipated and the lack of infrastructure and support from the European plants is causing the implementation the much harder. HOW SHOULD HE DEAL WITH THE CHALLENGES HE IS FACING OVER TRANSFER PRICES AND LIMITED TECHNICAL COOPERATION FROM THE EUROPEAN PLANTS? The transfer pricing and the lack of technical cooperation from the European...
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...Silvio Napoli at Schindler India Analysis Name University Course Introduction When a company embarks on an international endeavor they are faced with many obstacles and adversities. The corporation’s keys elements are challenged, management tested, strategies examined, and decisions questioned. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the Silvio Napoli at Schindler India case study. This analysis will address Silvio Napoli’s actions while establishing an Schindler subsidiary in India. It will discuss the strategy, organizational structure, staffing, and Silvio’s progress. Also, this analysis will examine Schindler VRA’s decision of Mr. Napoli as General Manager and provide future recommendations for Schindler. Lastly, the paper will discuss lessons that may be applied to BG Group’s international endeavors. Analysis Schindler’s Indian Strategy Alfred Schindler, Schindler’s Chairman, recognized the huge market potential in India and decided to embark on establishing an Schindler subsidiary. The VRA appointed Silvio Napoli as General Manager to lead this endeavor. Silvio desired to differentiate Schindler from its competitors. Silvio developed a strategy of a narrow product line to serve low and mid to high markets, S001 and S300P respectively. Also, to gain a price advantage, Mr. Napoli planned to outsource the logistics and manufacturing sectors, with the exception of the safety-related components. This strategic plan had many shortcomings. Schindler was the first...
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...1. Was Silvio the right choice for general manager of Schindler's India operations? Silvio Napoli is the right candidate for the job of general manager of Schindler’s India operations. Mr. Napoli is a bright MBA scholar of Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. He also earned a degree in Material Science Engineering, from the Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), in which he ranked top 20% of his class. Not only does he have several degrees, but also a lot of experience behind him. Since 1989 until now, Mr. Napoli had many job positions that have qualified him to become the General Manager of Schindler in the South Asia operations. Plus who could be a better candidate for that position then Mr. Silvio Napoli; that the person who designed the business plan and knows how to put into action. Mr. Alfred N. Schindler was looking for a candidate that has more strengths than weakness’s. He was looking to fill that position of general manager for the South Asia region with a dynamic individual. Plus he needed someone in whom he can trust and could get the job accomplished. Mr. Schindler was searching for someone that was young, energetic and flexible and will be willing to move to India. He was also seeking for a person that was enthusiastic, aggressive, and courageous and knew about the elevator business. Those characteristics that Mr. Alfred N. Schindler was looking for Mr. Silvio Napoli has. He was 33 years old and full of energy, aggressive, risk taker...
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...survivor. Published in the year 1982, the book is a remarkable piece of literature that has won many awards including the Booker Prize in 1982. Keneally began his writing career as a writer who wrote ordinary books until he met Poldek Pfefferberg, the man who encouraged him to write Schindler’s List. Pfefferberg met Keneally in one of his stores and requested him to write the book, to raise awareness relating to the Holocaust system and the misery of thousands of Jews under the Nazis. At the same time, Keneally wanted the world to know about the good deeds of one man over evil. It was later made into a film in 1992, which won many academy awards as well. Schindler’s List tells the tale of a remarkable German businessman, Oskar Schindler, who with his wealth and manipulating abilities helps save the lives of thousands of Jews from being terminated by the Nazis. Keneally takes us back to 1939 when Germany invaded Poland and occupied its territory. Their extreme hatred towards the Jews forms one of the themes of this book. The Nazi soldiers were ordered to round up the Jewish families, separate the men and the women and move them to concentration camps. Set in Krakow, Poland, the book describes the conditions of the Polish Jews in these camps and their silent despair. Keneally describes Oskar’s childhood in his hometown Czechoslovakia. He describes his struggle to start a new life after moving to Poland. In search for a profitable business, Oskar meets Itzhak...
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...The germans occupation of Poland was an ideal situation for a man like Oskar Schindler, a businessman and opportunist. Krakow was made seat of government for Nazi-occupied Poland. As more Officers and SS troop entered the city, new ways to profit from the conflict arose. One of the first scenes in the movie shows Schindler for the opportunist he was. He is shown drinking, laughing with and befriending high ranking Nazi Officers. The Nazis brought new opportunities for profit and Schindler makes sure to cultivate the right contacts to assure that he will secure his share. In 1939 Hitler invaded Poland. In real life, within a week of the invasion, Schindler moved to Krakow to find a way to benefit from the Nazis occupation. During this time he met Itzhak Stern. With money he borrowed from aquaintences of Stern’s, Schindler purchased a kitchenware factory and opened it in 1940 He hired Stern as his accountant and used Jews from Kracow ghetto as his work force. During this time Shindler had cultivated friendships with Officers in both the German Army and the SS. Through these friendships and with a few bribes, Schindler was able to secure numerous army contracts for pots and pans manufactured in his newly opened kitchenware factory. The persecution of Jews began immediately after the German Occupation. The Germans took over Jewish properties and seized companies, houses and valuables. The Jewish living quarter, know as the Krakow Ghetto was created on March 3...
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...Beginning with a character named Oskar Schindler who was a Nazi businessman interested in becoming a war profiteer. Schindler capitalizes on the changing economic times and war with a goal of economic gain. He begins this scheme by befriending the Nazi SS officers and later to befriend a well known successful Jewish accountant, Itzhak Stern. Schindler’s goal is to take over a confiscated pots and pans company and turn it into a manufacturing company to provide cookware kits for the troops. Manpower for such a plant is more profitable with Jewish employees that get paid less than the Polish. The Jewish employee’s compensation is being paid back in products that can be traded on the black market as well as safe keeping from becoming shipped off to concentration camps. As time goes on and the Nazi’s force the Jews into small walled-in areas referred to as ghettos. The only was to leave the ghetto was to have worker paperwork. Without your paperwork you were subject to consequences to include execution. With Schindler’s factory becoming known as a safe place, more people wanted to work for him in any capacity. With the influence of Stern and the increasing gravity of the situation in Krakow, Schindler seemed to become more protective over the Jewish especially his employees. A keen example of this is when Stern was placed on a cattle car to possibly go to a concentration camp because he forgot his work papers and Schindler was adamant in finding and saving him...
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...Schindler’s List Essay Oskar Schindler would never have been anyone’s ideal savior, especially for the Jewish community. He was an open member of the Nazi party, a womanizer, a gambler, an alcoholic, and an extremely money hungry man, but insight of all of this he was successfully able to rescue over twelve hundred Jewish men and women from death. Schindler was a very tall and handsome man. Needless to say, he was adored by all the young women he met eyes with. However, Schindler fell for a beautiful young girl named Emily. After only six weeks of courtship, they were married. Sadly, after only a few months of marriage, Schindler began to heavily abuse alcohol. He also had several affairs resulting in two children out of wedlock. In 1929, during the Great Depression, the Schindler family business went bankrupt. At this time, Schindler’s father left his mother, and she died soon after. Finding himself jobless, Schindler sought work in nearby Poland as a machinery salesman. The saving of the first Schindler Jews began in 1939, when he came to Krakow in the wake of the German invasion. In Krakow, he took over two previously Jewish owned companies that dealt with the manufacture and sales of kitchenware products. In one of the businesses, however, Schindler was merely a trustee. Looking more for his own power, he opened up a small enamel shop right outside of Krakow near the Jewish ghetto. Here, he employed mostly Jewish workers. This in turn saved them from being...
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...I believe that Oskar Schindler made a difference in history. The reason is that he bribed his money to have Jews work for him in order to keep his business going on during the war. Schindler is a member of the Nazi party and he bribed and paid money to the SS so that they would not execute the Jews and or hurt them. The Jews were thankful when he saved them from death and poor hospitality. Another person that is like Oskar Schindler is Berthold Beitz who is an director of an oil refinery in Poland. Oskar Schindler made a difference in history. Schindler saved 1,200 Jewish lives from certain death. The reason for that action is that he would not lose business of making products during the war. Later on, he would have his business produce ammunition for the war to support the Nazis that are fighting the Allies. The Jews were forced to make different types of ammunition that the Nazi’s used in the war. In the next paragraph, we would talk about how Schindler got the Jews....
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...Oskar Schindler was born in 1908 in the city of Zwittau, Moravia which is now part of the Czech Republic. Oskar grew up and attended a German-language school. Oskar's mother, Louisa Schindler, was a homemaker father, and Oskar’s father, Hans Schindler, was a factory owner . Oskar had one younger sister named Elfriede.. when Oskar was child, Schindler was popular and had many friends, but he was not a good student at all. In the middle of his friends were two sons of a rabbi. In the 1920s Schindler worked for his father selling farm equipment. In 1928, Oskar married a young woman named Emilie which caused problems in Oskar and his dad’s relationship which eventually led to Oskar leaving the family business. Meanwhile, the political landscape in Europe was undergoing major changes, Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party began their rise to power. Hitler began stirring up ethnic feelings among the Sudeten Germans, pointing out that their "rightful" ties were with Germany, not Czechoslovakia. By 1935 many Sudeten Germans joined the pro-Nazi Sudeten German Party. Schindler joined, too—not out...
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...What is the theme of the movie? It is a 1993 American drama film about Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand (1100) Polish Jewish refugees during the Holocaust of World War II by employing these people in his factories. Oskar is just like most men. He has a love for good wine, beautiful women, and pursues happiness through the success of his business. But on his journey to a successful business, millions of Jews (6 millions) were being killed during a time which most label as one of the darkest periods of human history. What does “Schindler’s List” stand for? It stands for the Jewish workers that Schindler bought from the German officer, Goeth, to work in his factory, the 1100 Jewish people that he saved eventually. Who were the best performing characters of the movie? Liam Neeson does well (as Oskar Schindler), but in particular I liked Ben Kingsley (as Istak Stern, Schindler's accountant) and Ralph Fiennes (as Amon Goeth, the camp commandant). All of the performances were very convincing and reflect the good casting. What was the color of the movie? The color of the movie was mostly in black and whit. Black and white give a historical connotation to the movie which in my opinion made it very distinctive. There were a very few colorized scenes though (the Jews praying at the beginning/ the Jews putting small rocks on Schindler’s grave) Why do we still make movies about world war II? The story of the Holocaust needs...
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...List shed light on people like Oscar Schindler helped Jews escape the Nazi genocide regardless of the risk to themselves and their families. The movie focused on one of the most darkest and horrific period in history. Millions of Jews were killed because of their ethnicity and religious beliefs. Schindler’s list enables people to understand the plight of the Jewish people in spite of all the atrocities committed against them. The movie revolves around a man called Oscar Schindler, whose main goal is to make money from the Jews relocation by attaining his own factory. He eventually procures a factory making army mess kits for the German military. Itzhak Stern a Jewish council member convinces several Jewish businessmen to lean Schindler the money to open the factory in exchange for small profits. Once Schindler has the funding to open the business, he hired workers from the Krakow ghetto, falsified documents to the government stating that the workers were needed for the war effort, so that these workers wouldn’t be sent to concentration camps or killed. As Schindler gained more wealth and power he had more experiences which tested his every moral fiber of his being and affected the decisions he made. After the Nazi completed a new concentration camp in Plaszow, they received orders to exterminate all the Jews in the Krakow ghetto in which Schindler witnessed the slaughter. After witnessing various executions of innocent Jews, Schindler wrestled with his conscious and he...
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...Character types in Schindlers list: Oskar Schindler: Oskar Schindler, war profiteer, womanizer, and Nazi Party member, becomes the unlikely hero and savior of about 1,100 Polish Jews during the Holocaust. He is essentially a con artist and moderately successful businessman who recognizes the potential for profit in wartime. He buys a formerly Jewish-owned enamelware factory and uses bribery and ingratiation to procure military contracts to make war supplies. At the beginning of his quest to become rich, he is indifferent to the Jewish situation, which he sees as merely an unfortunate result of war. A playboy with a large ego, Schindler routinely cheats on his wife and joins the Nazi Party not for ideological reasons but because it will help him make more money. Although he purchases the factory after it has been confiscated from Jewish owners and is given an apartment appropriated from wealthy Jews, Schindler feels no remorse and does not consider the origins of his good fortune. Schindler, initially concerned only with himself and the success of his moneymaking scheme, undergoes a change that prompts him to spend his fortune to save the lives of those he once exploited. His motive is never completely clear—and indeed, the real Schindler never revealed his motivations. However, the film does suggest that at least one of his incentives was obvious: Schindler simply could not sit by and watch people he knew be sent to death. His metamorphosis from a man of indifference to one...
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...Schindler’s List was released in 1993 and directed by Steven Spielberg. Based on historical events it’s set during the Holocaust and about Oskar Schindler, a man who saved many Jews from death. Night was written by Elie Wiesel about his life when going through the Holocaust as a Jew. These two forms of art about the Holocaust are similar when looking at the big picture, with self conflict, violence, and optimism, but once you get down to the details they definitely have their differences. Schindler, the main character of Schindler’s List, has a conflict within himself when it comes to saving the Jews and having money, girls, and alcohol. While Elie’s obviously in a different situation because he’s the oppressed, not the oppressor, so he doesn’t have enough power to actually be able to save anyone. But his conflict also lies within him. Throughout the entire book he’s moving back and forth in his belief of God....
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