Case study-Simmons Laboratories

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Synopsis of Case

The given case sketches the picture of organizational culture and scores of issues related to the organizational behavior. This is the case that revolves around the issues of leadership. Motivation and working in groups. Newbridge is the leader of a project that is being conducted in the lab and Mr. Goh is in charge of the lab. The tam of Newbridge is committed and working hard on a project. Newbridge along with the team members is gradually progressing in the project and certainly is happy about the performance of his own and his team. He is convinced that he and his team would attain the objectives of the project somehow. There are few factors or points where his team is stuck but continuously working to solve these issues. Suddenly an addition of a new person is done by Goh in this project. The name of this new man is Zapf. Zapf is very confident and he has full faith on his capabilities. As soon as he joins the project the problems that were unsolved for so long began to take the route of solution. The problem is with the behavior of Zapf that also has affected the behavior of others. The first problem is that Zapf does not believe in explaining things to others. Whenever, he proposes any new idea he thinks that everyone has understood. Because of his perception that no one is like him other people in the team hesitate in asking question to him. First, team members avoid questioning him because it would make them feel low secondly, even though when they enquire about any aspect then in reply they only used to get rude replies. Newbridge was also under his influence. Despite being the project head he never attempted to solve this issue of behavior and team coordination. Zapf at times also belittle Newbridge. When Newbridge realizes that he is more competent and is affecting his position then he begin to search other job. Eventually, Newbridge finds another job and Zapf also left the project to take on another project.



Diagnosis of the Described Organization Problems in Case Study

The above case study points out a number of problems related to the organizational behavior. The problems that are mentioned in the case study can broadly be categorized in two types. These two types of problems are as follows:

Individual Behavior and Processes

Team Processes

The above two highlighted problems are the main category of problems related to organizational behavior there are intricate issues that exist within these two categories. The following part discusses these problems one by one.

Individual Behavior and Processes

Following are the different problems that are prevalent in the lab that are related to individual behavior and processes:

Command and Control Management

Command and control management is one of the important aspects of the organizational behavior (Mcshane and Glinow, 2012). In this case study, there is an important issue of command and control management. Zapf the new addition in the team has ...