Aston Blair Case

1. At the end of the case, Bacon finds himself in a challenging situation due to the leaking of confidential ships family grantive information. This major problem stemmed from the detail that Bacon withheld an important document from Meir and the rest of the assess force police squad. Dr. Cornelius was sure of Bodins 6 summary statement report which suggests that the regional gross revenue passenger vehicles were consistently overstating their sales estimates in order to ensure adequate size up and rapid delivery.Bodin shared his findings with Bacon and Reiss, in confidence, and they all agreed that none of the information would be presented in the August 4th presentation or to the assess force squad until Bodin had the opportunity to discuss everything with his boss Vice professorship Jed Burns. Unfortunately Bacon left the paper on his desk, where Meir was able to read it, and hence passed on the information to Dr. Cornelius. Cornelius has back awayn it upon hims elf to schedule an appointment with Burns to discover Bodins findings and that situation ignited Bacons current problem.Reiss, who witness the entire ordeal, is in a flash extremely upset with Bacon for allowing differents to obtain the confidential information and is fearful of the consequences it go forth bring for Bodin, once Burns finds out. The entire problem stems from the confidential information Bodin offerd to Bacon. One of the factors that has caused Bacons current problem was that he didnt take pr pull downtive measures to hide the document. By leaving it on his desk, he facilitated the information to other people. Another factor that might break caused Bacons problem is his insufficiency of communication.Perhaps if he has shared the information with his task force team they would return dumb better and not leaked the information to other people in the company before the scheduled snip. Another obvious problem for Bacon was the tension surrounded by him and ot her people in the company. Meir was not very supportive of Bacon and his lead role, and felt Dr. Cornelius rightfully deserved the title. Because the team wasnt united and didnt rightfully support each other, it lead to a dismembered team at the end.2. Early 1991 Price of gold declines and sales forecasts continue aggressive for Aston-Blair results in excessive inventories of overvalued gold, silver, and platinum. June 12 Wynn Aston III asks Peter Casey (vice-president of market placeing) and Chris Trott (vice-president of corporate imagening) to reexamine the companys procedures for forecasting sales. Together they decide to create a taskforce and select Michael Bacon (special assistant to Chris Trott) to head the team investigating forecast problems. July 23 conflict set up with Trott, Casey, and the market managers for August 4 to present make headway and recommendations.July 24 Meeting between task force members is called. Everyone attended shut Meir (who was gathering data in NYC). It was decided that more information ineluctably to be ga at that placed and prepared for Burns to review prior to presenting to market managers August 4th deadline not likely to be met. August 4 Meeting begins well and takes a dive once Meir presents. Market managers questions validity of research. A break is called to cool off heated arguments and meeting is set to reconvene at 3pm. Confidential information is find that may implicate Emile Bodins knowledge of foul play inside the company.Michael Bacon faced with several dilemmas needing immediate resolution. 3. Stemming from the first meeting when the team was assembled, at that place was a lack of communication and a lack of leadership. Bacon did not take charge and let Holt have the lead. Reiss finally spoke up for the teams and focalisation the they should take. Bacon never made an assertive decision and always seemed to be guided, even by his team. Since the team divided into subgroups they never fully dev eloped a unified team relationship. Another problem was the design of the team.It was obvious that there was resentment from team members that the younger associates were put in charge of the assignment. The sales managers were angry that this task force team was coming in attempting to sort them how to do their jobs and change the way they do things. Overall there was in like manner much conflict and resentment to get anything accomplished What didnt happen, that should have, on the day of the presentation was during the break, Bacon could have called a meeting of all the task force members and taken the cartridge clip to unify everyone.He could have emphasized the splendor of the task force and their recommendations and reassured everyone he was there to support them. He could have also gotten feedback from the members and used the time to develop a plan for what the team needed to do when they returned to the meeting. Another one of the major issues was the lack of informatio n sharing between team members. Bacons major problem stems from the fact that he withheld an important document from Meir and the rest of the task force team. What Bacon could have done, but he didnt, was taken a moment to inform everyone of the sassy knowledge that came to light.Perhaps had he done so, the task force member would have felt a better backbone of cohesiveness and finally team unity. 4. Pros More time is needed to sort through the information and provide a good argument for report. Cancelling the meeting would allow adequate time for additional research to commence. By cancelling the meeting, relationships with marketing managers could have more time to be re-established and improved. Information can be reviewed and supported by going management By cancelling the meeting, the Vice President could be brought up to speed on the gathered information and perhaps intervene himself.Cons canceling meeting gives sense of not being prepared properly thus losing influence (clout) pastime through on meeting and successfully delivering message will bespeak confidence in report findings. Delivering information before it may leak incorrectly will cover anyone providing that information and saving face for Bacon and team If they cancelling the meeting, it would put a blemish on their professional reputations for not being able to get the job done on time.