EMIS7365 CS1 HytenCorporation Group2 Spring15
EMIS 7365
Spring 2015
Jan 27th 2015
Group # 2: Kaitlyn Klena - Sofia Coto - Natalia Salazar - Ana Isabel Garza
Case Study # 1 - Hyten Corporation
Synopsis
Hyten Corporation’s main problem in this case is deciding whether or not to implement formal Project Management into the company’s Auto Division or not to do it. The company has already started trying to be more project management oriented by setting up the Business Development division. However, the main problem in this case is the fact that there is no communication between the departments, and therefore some of them feel that implementing formal project management would beneficial to help alleviate this problem; On the other hand, some division leaders think that doing this would not be beneficial but would take away manpower from their divisions and would ultimately cost more than it would help in the long run. Furthermore, employee evaluations are discussed mainly pointing out that evaluations of employees would be largely affected by implementing project management, and would ultimately have to be reformulated so that both the division managers and the project managers can evaluate an employee so that the final evaluation doesn't all just come from one source. Another big issue is the fact that the company should hire internally, but that would require training and reallocating some of the ‘resources’ (employees) or hiring from outside of the company, which many of the employees from this company would resent. The main question to answer from this case is whether or not the company should implement formal project management, and if this would be beneficial in the long run for the company or not.
Questions
1. What are some of the major problems facing the management of Hyten in accepting formalized project management? (Include attitude problems/personality problems.)
The major problems faced by the management of Hyten in accepting formalized project management include:
A. Formal project
Spring 2015
Jan 27th 2015
Group # 2: Kaitlyn Klena - Sofia Coto - Natalia Salazar - Ana Isabel Garza
Case Study # 1 - Hyten Corporation
Synopsis
Hyten Corporation’s main problem in this case is deciding whether or not to implement formal Project Management into the company’s Auto Division or not to do it. The company has already started trying to be more project management oriented by setting up the Business Development division. However, the main problem in this case is the fact that there is no communication between the departments, and therefore some of them feel that implementing formal project management would beneficial to help alleviate this problem; On the other hand, some division leaders think that doing this would not be beneficial but would take away manpower from their divisions and would ultimately cost more than it would help in the long run. Furthermore, employee evaluations are discussed mainly pointing out that evaluations of employees would be largely affected by implementing project management, and would ultimately have to be reformulated so that both the division managers and the project managers can evaluate an employee so that the final evaluation doesn't all just come from one source. Another big issue is the fact that the company should hire internally, but that would require training and reallocating some of the ‘resources’ (employees) or hiring from outside of the company, which many of the employees from this company would resent. The main question to answer from this case is whether or not the company should implement formal project management, and if this would be beneficial in the long run for the company or not.
Questions
1. What are some of the major problems facing the management of Hyten in accepting formalized project management? (Include attitude problems/personality problems.)
The major problems faced by the management of Hyten in accepting formalized project management include:
A. Formal project