Silvio Napoli Case
CASE: SILVIO NAPOLI AT SCHINDLER INDIA
GROUP NO. 2
SECTION D
Kumar Pratik 0190/51
Mehta Meet Rajubhai 0206/51
Mukesh Lakhotia 0213/51
Paranjape Ninad Bhushan 0253/51
Kshitij Shekhar Bhuyar 0188/51
Nishant Singh 0245/51
Nitin Jaiswal 0248/51
Muthu Veerappan R 0214/51
1. Was Silvio the right person for the job in India? Be sure to comment on his skill sets, industry knowledge, personality traits etc. and how they might or might not match the assignment he will be responsible for executing.
Ans:
SKILL SET:
Corporate Planning – As part of the corporate planning team in the past, Silvio had displayed innovative thought-process and developed business plans as in the Swatch Project.
Experience in SCM – Napoli led the team that redesigned the entire supply chain of elevator manufacture, thereby reducing industry standard of 20 to 30 week cycle time by 50%.
Generalist – Silvio had competence across diverse industries and functions (Market Delopment in Dow Europe, Service and Development Engineer, VP in South Asia) as mentioned in the Exhibit 3.
Leadership – He had experience of leading diverse teams from a young age and had displayed exemplary leadership qualities in managing people who were older to him.
INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE:
Business plan development – Worked with BCG to develop the business plan for Schindler in India. He was also aware of market size, legal environment, and competition, having spent 9 months in India.
Understanding requisite qualities for the industry – Through his extensive industry analysis and market study, he had identified the unique qualities he desired in his top management. He could have delegated this to the Managing Director but he personally interviewed all of them and made sure that he and the candidates were on the same page.
PERSONALITY TRAITS:
Not flexible – Silvio was arrogant by nature and did not accept opinions of others, executing only his own ideas. He also tried to replicate the same model
GROUP NO. 2
SECTION D
Kumar Pratik 0190/51
Mehta Meet Rajubhai 0206/51
Mukesh Lakhotia 0213/51
Paranjape Ninad Bhushan 0253/51
Kshitij Shekhar Bhuyar 0188/51
Nishant Singh 0245/51
Nitin Jaiswal 0248/51
Muthu Veerappan R 0214/51
1. Was Silvio the right person for the job in India? Be sure to comment on his skill sets, industry knowledge, personality traits etc. and how they might or might not match the assignment he will be responsible for executing.
Ans:
SKILL SET:
Corporate Planning – As part of the corporate planning team in the past, Silvio had displayed innovative thought-process and developed business plans as in the Swatch Project.
Experience in SCM – Napoli led the team that redesigned the entire supply chain of elevator manufacture, thereby reducing industry standard of 20 to 30 week cycle time by 50%.
Generalist – Silvio had competence across diverse industries and functions (Market Delopment in Dow Europe, Service and Development Engineer, VP in South Asia) as mentioned in the Exhibit 3.
Leadership – He had experience of leading diverse teams from a young age and had displayed exemplary leadership qualities in managing people who were older to him.
INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE:
Business plan development – Worked with BCG to develop the business plan for Schindler in India. He was also aware of market size, legal environment, and competition, having spent 9 months in India.
Understanding requisite qualities for the industry – Through his extensive industry analysis and market study, he had identified the unique qualities he desired in his top management. He could have delegated this to the Managing Director but he personally interviewed all of them and made sure that he and the candidates were on the same page.
PERSONALITY TRAITS:
Not flexible – Silvio was arrogant by nature and did not accept opinions of others, executing only his own ideas. He also tried to replicate the same model