The Strategic Issue ( S ) - 1576 Words

The strategic issue(s) apparent in this case study revolve around three primary factors, firstly, the perspective of the company in dealing with the socialization processes (or lack of) of its employees within an international spectrum (coming from an American background). Secondly, the staunch and seemingly unreasonable demand imposed upon Frank Waterhouse by Bill Loun, to ensure the success of the program at the expense of dealing with Donaldson; whom in his own right could and might have been a good choice if it were not for the multitude of issues that came with his arrival at Argos in Germany. Thirdly, there is a lack of employee-to-employee communication that was seemingly the core of the issues that were arising; revolving around†¦show more content†¦The company is possibly seeing a strong financial profit margin and is seemingly focusing on internal affairs or in this case unification and solidifying core areas that have been deemed worthy of such focus. The company is willing to bring Donaldson from overseas and hand him the reigns under Waterhouse, but the issue here is what Donaldson brought with him and the lack of decisiveness or tolerance on Waterhouse’s part. It is also in part, due to unreasonable expectations set by the company and Loun. Two years is simply not enough for someone to acclimate so quickly to an unknown environment and complete a program that unifies that environment with others similar to it at the same time. Waterhouse is frustrated with Donaldson because although the man has quite the resume, he never took the time to actually supervise Donaldson or review his work, nor did he try to take into account the unfortunate circumstances Donaldson was undergoing at home. What Waterhouse wishes to avoid is the collapse of this program that was to fall under the network that he personally set-up, due to Donaldson’s lack of resourcefulness, drive and difficulty in acclimatization. He is left with a dilemma in which he cannot fire Donaldson because of Loun’s expectations, â€Å"make it work, I brought you the