Assignment Week 6

NORTH GREENVILLE UNIVERSITY

THE T. WALTER BRASHIER GRADUATE SCHOOL

Assignment for Course: BUSN-5000, Assignment Week 6 – Case 15.1

Submitted to: Dr. Ed Sherbert

Submitted by: Younan Nessim

Date of Submission: 02/14/2016

Title of Assignment: Assignment Week 6 – Case 15.1

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ASSIGNMENT WEEK 6 – CASE 15.1

1- What would business organizations such as Kraft Foods gain from observing Orpheus in action?

There are common factors between Kraft Foods as a business and the Orpheus as an Orchestra. Kraft Foods is a traditional company that contains a usual board of directors’ chief executive officer, and it also has a host of other executives. Moreover, every officer has his own subtle role in the company. On the other hand, Orpheus also contains many musicians who are capable to participate in the decision-making process. That is to say, each musician is able to use his leadership skills by becoming the concertmaster at one point.

Kraft Foods’ leaders could take a cue on new ways of managing and leading as they allow their executive to observe how Orpheus can function without a conductor. In other words, Kraft Foods can learn to build a core group that is responsible for each project of the company, and these core groups should contain executives and ordinary employees who are going to be in charge of researching the primary plan to the company’s investors. In addition, by allowing and inviting other employees...