Case Analysis of Bob Knowlton By: Supriya Giri March 30‚ 2015 The case ‘Bob Knowlton’ revolves around a newly appointed project head for the photon unit‚ Bob Knowlton. Knowlton is very happy with the way things are going in his unit and his team up until a new comer Simon Fester enters the story who seems to be confident‚ brilliant and aggressive with his work approach. Knowlton reports to Dr. Jerrold who is the Director of research. The first thing that went wrong in this scenario was the way
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Case Analysis on Bob Knowlton There are various factors that are contributing to the interpersonal dynamics between Knowlton and Fester in their team. Bob Knowlton is a photon unit project head in charge of team. However‚ one day Bob felt that his leadership was at stake because a new brilliant scientist‚ Fester‚ was hired into the Simmons Laboratories and placed in Bob Knowlton’s work group. Fester demonstrated that his skills as a photon manager were‚ perhaps better than Bob’s. Jerrold
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Page 1 Bob Knowlton at Simmons Laboratories Introduction Simmons Laboratories are in a difficult situation following Bob Knowlton’s sudden‚ unanticipated resignation. This paper outlines what Bob Knowlton could have done differently and identifies specific ideas about teams‚ organizational culture artefacts and underlying assumptions and organizational and personal values that could have resulted in a positive outcome. Question 1 Appreciation for honest dialogue amongst his team would have aided
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Case Analysis “Bob Knowlton” The problem Bob Knowlton quit his job suddenly and found a better position with more salary. But‚ Jerrold and Fester felt shocked on Knowlton’s decision. No one knew that why Knowlton wanted to leave. Relevant information Bob Knowlton knew that his ability was not as good as Fester‚ so Bob gave Fester some chances to express his opinions on the photon projects. As a team leader‚ it is a good way toward his member of the group. Yet‚ actually Knowlton got annoyed
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BOB KNOWLTON Alex Bavelas Bob Knowlton was sitting alone in the conference room of the laboratory. The rest of the group had gone. One of the secretaries had stopped and talked for a while about her husband’s coming induction into the Army‚ and had finally left. Bob‚ alone in the laboratory‚ slid a little further down in his chair‚ looking with satisfaction at the results of the first test run of the new photon unit. He liked to stay after the others had gone. His appointment as project head was
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I. Summary of the Case The case study centred around a successful newly appointed project head‚ Bob Knowlton. Bob recently received the position from his friend and former project head‚ Dr Jerrold. All was going well until a new member‚ Simon Fester joined the team. Simon soon proved to be more capable and more idealistic than Bob and his team in every aspect. In the short term‚ his knowledge and idealistic nature proved to be an asset to the team. As the case goes on‚ we can say that Simon
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le plantea a Bob Knowlton‚ jefe de proyectos de LABORATORIOS SIMMONS‚ es si la entrada de un nuevo miembro en su equipo de trabajo‚ de aparente gran capacidad intelectual‚ compensa el desmembramiento que se empieza a producir en el equipo‚ que venía liderando con buenos resultados. Para tomar una decisión sobre el problema planteado y el plan de actuación a desarrollar‚ veamos primero como se desarrollaron los acontecimientos. II.- ANTECEDENTES DEL EQUIPO KNOWLTON El equipo de Bob Knowlon surge
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Case Analysis of Bob Knowlton at Simmons Securities Q 1. Analyse personality characteristics of the three characters in the case. Ans. The personality analyses of the three main characters of this case study are as follows: A. BOB KNOWLTON: He was recently appointed as project head of a new project. He felt proud about this. He was hard working as well as ambitious. At the same time he lacked confidence in himself and his abilities. His very first meeting with Fester made him feel uncomfortable
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Case Study – Bob Knowlton Description Bob Knowlton was recently assigned to be a project head of the new photon unit at Simmons Laboratories. He received the assignment from Dr. Jerrold‚ the head of the laboratory. Unbeknownst to Knowlton‚ Jerrold had decided to bring in another person to the project‚ Simon Fester. Although Fester is obviously a brilliant individual‚ he lacks any sort of teamwork skills and derisively says the decisions made by groups exhibit a “high level of mediocrity”. This
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In analyzing the current company’s issue of the absence of Bob Knowlton‚ new photon unit project head‚ it is apparent that there were concerns gone unaddressed. The lack of communication between employees and the avoidance of conflict are seemingly the result of the recent actions taken place. The main problem in this situation is the avoidance of conflict that occurred between Knowlton and Fester‚ especially in the group meetings held each week. At one point in a group meeting Fester commented
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