Pfizerworks
Mod 1 HW
Mgt 301
1. Describe and evaluate what Pfizer is doing with its PfizerWorks.
They are outsourcing a menial task because it costs less to pay an Indian company with minimum wage laws that haven’t been updated since 1948 than it does to pay for a Harvard graduates salary. Overall l would say this is typical of most large American companies who are just trying to bring up the bottom line for stockholders. This may not be the answer from the book you were looking for but it’s how I would describe and evaluate what they’re doing.
However, if you would like the textbook answer it may look like this.
Pfizer is outsourcing a menial task that is time consuming and not the best possible use of its resources therefore, not efficient. It also creates an opportunity for regular employees to get a taste of what it takes to be a manager by planning, organizing, leading, and control a team towards a common goal in an efficient and time effective manner.
2. We’ve defined managers as those individuals in an organization who direct and oversee the activities of other people in the organization. (a.) What challenges might there be for mangers when those “people” are halfway around the world? (b.) How might the four management functions be useful in dealing with those challenges? (c.) What skills would managers need to be able to function effectively in this type of arrangement? a. Challenges would include the obvious, you can’t see your team to “lead” or oversee your team directly. Another issue is the time differences, having to change your work schedule to meet what the many on the other end need. Then there’s always the cultural issue, especially in this instance since the company is in India. You would have to modify all your concepts from the free market democracy to fit India’s economic, political, social and cultural climate. b. You would have to act more like a top manager even if you were a first level manager. You would have
Mgt 301
1. Describe and evaluate what Pfizer is doing with its PfizerWorks.
They are outsourcing a menial task because it costs less to pay an Indian company with minimum wage laws that haven’t been updated since 1948 than it does to pay for a Harvard graduates salary. Overall l would say this is typical of most large American companies who are just trying to bring up the bottom line for stockholders. This may not be the answer from the book you were looking for but it’s how I would describe and evaluate what they’re doing.
However, if you would like the textbook answer it may look like this.
Pfizer is outsourcing a menial task that is time consuming and not the best possible use of its resources therefore, not efficient. It also creates an opportunity for regular employees to get a taste of what it takes to be a manager by planning, organizing, leading, and control a team towards a common goal in an efficient and time effective manner.
2. We’ve defined managers as those individuals in an organization who direct and oversee the activities of other people in the organization. (a.) What challenges might there be for mangers when those “people” are halfway around the world? (b.) How might the four management functions be useful in dealing with those challenges? (c.) What skills would managers need to be able to function effectively in this type of arrangement? a. Challenges would include the obvious, you can’t see your team to “lead” or oversee your team directly. Another issue is the time differences, having to change your work schedule to meet what the many on the other end need. Then there’s always the cultural issue, especially in this instance since the company is in India. You would have to modify all your concepts from the free market democracy to fit India’s economic, political, social and cultural climate. b. You would have to act more like a top manager even if you were a first level manager. You would have
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