Dashman Company Case Study

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• 1. The Dashman Company Case:This case deals with a typical condition which many organizations might face. In this case we have a newperson joining the company at a very responsible post. The company has its own ways of running untilthe person who has newly joined thinks of an improvement. It was noticed that the things didn’t goexactly as the new professional wanted it to. This case brings to the forefront matters likecommunication in an organization and effective decision making.The actual scenario:Mr. Post has recently been hired as the VP of the purchasing department. He wants to centralize theworking of the purchase department which was otherwise decentralized and dependent on the variousunits and their respective heads. Mr. Post sends a letter to the various units within the organization tothis effect. He tries to impose out of nowhere a restriction on the amount of purchase that the units canmake at their own and insists that they get bigger purchases cleared from the head office (himself). Thisletter doesn’t have the desired effect as things continue as usual in the organization.Prospective Problems:The people in the organization have not taken the letter seriously. They don’t feel it necessary to followwhat the letter instructs them to. There could be many reasons for which this might have happenedwhich would be discussed below. 1. The psychological aspect of the entire problem is what our group believes is the major problem of the issue miring the organization. It is human nature that people do not easily give up something, especially when it comes to power and position. It would have been very difficult for the heads of purchases of the respective units to find a reason to give up the power which they had been exercising over the purchases of the unit. They would require a very valid reason to give up the same. In the opinion of the group,...