Henri Tam and the MGI Team : Written Case Analysis Henry Tam faced a difficult challenge as he began his business plan project with Music Games International (MGI). The root of the problem is that the company culture is not adaptive. This means that the team members do not come together and support change to enhance their productivity. In this instance, it causes the team not to be as effective as they otherwise would. During the course of the project, Henry encountered several difficulties. The
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Henry Tam and MGI Team Within the MGI team there was four key factors that led to problems with the team: the organizational structure, the lack of establishment of team values or vision, no development of trust, and the lack of acknowledgment of the team members personal needs. From the first meeting it was clear that the team had no defined organizational structure. There was no designated leader and were no roles established. The problem with this was that the team members all had different
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equipo MGI Fortalezas Debilidades Equipo comprometido con la compañía Roman e Igor son excelentes músicos Sascha es graduado de Harvard Lograron captar fondos al inicio El grupo de becarios o estudiantes parecen listos y con buenas ideas. Henry y Dana son organizados y saben analizar información. No han logrado llevar el producto al mercado para la navidad. Pobre o nulo conocimiento de la industria musical. Sin liderazgo y sin sentido de dirección Son “Gente difícil para trabajar”
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Case Study: 2 1) What is your evaluation of the MGI’s team processes? What were the root causes of the team’s process problems? The MGI team focused more on brainstorming new and alternate ideas rather than identifying and defining the existing problem and finding a solution for it. The team members had disagreements over each other’s expertise and often ended up in conflict. The Team focused more on their personal conflicts rather than working together and finalizing a solution. The Team
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Indian Institute of Management Indore A Report on ‘Henry Tam and the MGI Team’ Sayantan Banerjee Submitted to: Professor (Dr.) Abha Chatterjee Subject: WAC 27th February 2015 Submitted by: Sayantan Banerjee - 2014PGP341 Letter of Transmittal Dear Professor Abha Chatterjee, Enclosed is the report you commissioned on 19th February 2015 on the topic of ‘Henry Tam and the MGI Team’. The main findings of this report are – * Unless roles of individuals in a team are well defined
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HENRY TAM AND THE MGI TEAM PROF LEENA CHATTERJEE STRENGTHS OF MGI TEAM • • • • • Diverse areas of expertise and skill High creativity and idea generation A good product Good connections Passion and initiative EVALUATION OF THE TEAMS PROCESS • Ineffective decision making processes Focused more on generating alternative solutions rather than identifying and defining the problem Disagreement on who has the expertise about identifying relevant criteria • Unhealthy conflict Creative abrasion
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Henry Tam is a student looking for a challenge and jumps right into one when he decides to join with the MGI (Music Games International) ownership as part of a school competition (The HBS Business Plan Contest). There are seven members in the team comprised of the three founders of MGI– Igor Tkachenko, Alexandra (Sasha) Gimpelson and Roman Yukab, Henry Tam Jr. and Dana Soiman of HBS MBA class students, Dav Clark from MIT and Alex Jan Sartakov from Boston Berklee College. The team had little success
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Henry Tam and the MGI team Henry Tam and the MGI team Introduction When working with a team there is a number of issues that a leader of a group should address so as to ensure that the group works effectively. In group dynamics a leader should seek to understand the behavior of the team members and how the team works in attempting to make a decision or to solve a problem. A leader with expertise in team processes can help the team in achieving its objectives and aims by analyzing how the team
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1) Primeiro podemos analisar a primeira fase do processo da equipe que seria o de formação, esta fase foi conturbada, pois a equipe foi composta primeiramente por Sasha,Yukab e Sasha. Entretanto após isto o aluno da HBS Henry e Dana foram incorporados depois, assim como Dav do MIT e Alex da Boston College. Com isto podemos ver que nesta primeira fase foi bem conturbada, pois os três primeiros fundadores eram falavam em russo o que dificultou a comunicação entre o grupo. E também como alguns
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Yuting Chai Mengqi Lei Course #7260 Group Case Analysis Paper Henry Tam and the MGI Team Question # 3 At the end of the case, what actions could Henry have taken to improve the team’s effectiveness? Course #7260 Group Case Analysis Paper Henry Tam and the MGI Team Question # 3 At the end of the case, what actions could Henry have taken to improve the team’s effectiveness? Henry Tam, a MBA student at the Harvard Business School, joined the start-up company Music Games
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