Managing the Virus Hunters
| Management & E-Business | Assignment 01 | | Prepared to | Prof Dr. Hesham Sadek | | Prepared by | Tamer Isaac Mounir | June 1st , 2013 | |
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Table of Contents Question one 2 Question two 2 Question three 2 Question four 3
Question one
Keeping professional’s excited about work that is routine and standardized and chaotic is a major challenge for Vincent Weafer. How could he use technical, human, and conceptual skills to maintain an environment that encourages innovation and professionalism among the virus hunters?
Vincent Weafer’s applies following techniques that encourage innovation and professionalism among the virus hunters. 1- he divided work into smaller and specialised groups to perform in much better way.(human skills) 2- To attain professionalism he then focuses on efficient working. As the work keeps on moving and never stopped. When Santa Monica’s team finished, Tokyo took over, when Japanese team finishes this handed over to Dublin and then again back to Santa Monica.(conceptual skills) 3- In response team. He hires a pool of talented and diverse group in order to deal with the critical and time sensitive issues who are not easy to be found. As Weafer, Said “it’s not as if colleges are creating thousands of anti-malware or security experts every year that we can hire. If you find them in any part of the world. You just go after them”. (technical skills)
Question two
What management roles would Vincent be playing as he (a) Had weekly security briefing conference calls with co-workers around the globe. (b) Assessed the feasibility of adding a new network security consulting service, or (c) Kept employees focused on the company’s commitments to customers?
According to the conditions Vincent has played following roles respectively. (a) Vincent has played Interpersonal role as he worked as a figurehead, leader, liaison as he was obliged to perform number of duties he
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Table of Contents Question one 2 Question two 2 Question three 2 Question four 3
Question one
Keeping professional’s excited about work that is routine and standardized and chaotic is a major challenge for Vincent Weafer. How could he use technical, human, and conceptual skills to maintain an environment that encourages innovation and professionalism among the virus hunters?
Vincent Weafer’s applies following techniques that encourage innovation and professionalism among the virus hunters. 1- he divided work into smaller and specialised groups to perform in much better way.(human skills) 2- To attain professionalism he then focuses on efficient working. As the work keeps on moving and never stopped. When Santa Monica’s team finished, Tokyo took over, when Japanese team finishes this handed over to Dublin and then again back to Santa Monica.(conceptual skills) 3- In response team. He hires a pool of talented and diverse group in order to deal with the critical and time sensitive issues who are not easy to be found. As Weafer, Said “it’s not as if colleges are creating thousands of anti-malware or security experts every year that we can hire. If you find them in any part of the world. You just go after them”. (technical skills)
Question two
What management roles would Vincent be playing as he (a) Had weekly security briefing conference calls with co-workers around the globe. (b) Assessed the feasibility of adding a new network security consulting service, or (c) Kept employees focused on the company’s commitments to customers?
According to the conditions Vincent has played following roles respectively. (a) Vincent has played Interpersonal role as he worked as a figurehead, leader, liaison as he was obliged to perform number of duties he