The Paradoxical Twins

The Paradoxical Twins

The Paradoxical Twins case study give an opportunity to evaluate from

different angles the organization and structure of a business.

Exposure of a complex behavior to different environments,

circumstances, personal & social relationships, the two companies Acme

& Omega electronics considered on this case study used to have the

same organizational structure, under different management. Since they

were sold to different investors, as a consequence of this, each

company has its own procedures and company polices.

The analysis of this case study will be focus to emphasize and apply

relevant theories to identifying problems in the aspects

Organisational, Management within the structure of Acme & Omega

Electronics. A number of main aspects will be highlighted, trying to

identify the problems regarding to Power & Politic, Leadership,

Motivation and Communication, and have a better view of the weakness

and strength of each company. Being possible to identify the main

scenarios and problems that this case study illustrate, it will be

possible to make some suggestions of possible solutions.

The main scenario is that John Tyler the new president of Acme

Electronics and Jim Rawls new president of Omega Electronics, are the

directly responsible for the performance of the respective companies.

Both come from different backgrounds, their style of management and

leadership are totally different one of each other. The style of John

Tyler had been more firm and aggressive than Jim Rawls president of

Omega, John Tyler had been described by one of his employees as a “one

man band”, underline his leadership as a Legitimate Po...

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Acme should be informal, try to recognize the knowledge of the

professionals in the company, do meetings more regularly to improve

the relation between departments, share more often information,

relevant to and for the convenience of the company, give more power

and control to subordinates to increase knowledge and expertise in

certain areas.

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