A Case Study on “Managing Like a Man at Silkqueen?”
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This is the case study on “Managing like a man at SilkQueen?” by Kate Hutchings of Queensland University of Technology. Here we are given a character named Sally Dawson who works for SilkQueen, which is an Australian company. She is a well skilled manager who has a huge experience for working successfully in Asia.
However, working in this company as a manager, she facing some problems, which lead her to take a decision whether she leaves the company or try to make some smart changes.
For this case study, we are using four questions. We answer all the four questions one by one respectively. In those, we try to figure out the problems faced by the employees and Sally, attitudes of the organization towards Sally, ways open for Sally. We also discuss about cross-cultural problems here.
We also include a bibliography at the end. Company Profile
SilkQueen is an Australian Company. Its’ main product is fabrics. It produces high quality fabrics and sell those throughout the world.
SilkQueens’ manufacturing plants are situated in Sydney as well as in several locations throughout Asia.
This company started its’ business as a family-owned company in 1910 and it started its’ international operations in 1979.
The workforce of SilkQueen always female-dominated but maximum times management has been male-dominated.
Sally Dawson has been working for SilkQueen for many years and most of the time she was expending her times working in Asia. It should be noted that she is quite successful in her career. Recently she has been posted to Australia and she is facing some problems with her employees. Although, the productivity is increased but the management is not quite satisfied with her work because the workers are neglected there.
In this case study, we have to find out the problems faced by the employees and Sally and the probable solutions for those problems. For this purpose, we are using four questions. They are as follows:
1) From the perspective
This is the case study on “Managing like a man at SilkQueen?” by Kate Hutchings of Queensland University of Technology. Here we are given a character named Sally Dawson who works for SilkQueen, which is an Australian company. She is a well skilled manager who has a huge experience for working successfully in Asia.
However, working in this company as a manager, she facing some problems, which lead her to take a decision whether she leaves the company or try to make some smart changes.
For this case study, we are using four questions. We answer all the four questions one by one respectively. In those, we try to figure out the problems faced by the employees and Sally, attitudes of the organization towards Sally, ways open for Sally. We also discuss about cross-cultural problems here.
We also include a bibliography at the end. Company Profile
SilkQueen is an Australian Company. Its’ main product is fabrics. It produces high quality fabrics and sell those throughout the world.
SilkQueens’ manufacturing plants are situated in Sydney as well as in several locations throughout Asia.
This company started its’ business as a family-owned company in 1910 and it started its’ international operations in 1979.
The workforce of SilkQueen always female-dominated but maximum times management has been male-dominated.
Sally Dawson has been working for SilkQueen for many years and most of the time she was expending her times working in Asia. It should be noted that she is quite successful in her career. Recently she has been posted to Australia and she is facing some problems with her employees. Although, the productivity is increased but the management is not quite satisfied with her work because the workers are neglected there.
In this case study, we have to find out the problems faced by the employees and Sally and the probable solutions for those problems. For this purpose, we are using four questions. They are as follows:
1) From the perspective
Bibliography: Robbins, P. Stephen, Judge, A. Timothy. Organizational Behavior Luthans, Fred. Organizational Behavior