subsidiary. Konigsbrau is a Munich based company which brews premium beer. They have very good reputation across the globe. The case majorly talks about two characters‚ Wolfgang Keller and Dmitri Brodsky. Brodsky heads the sales force and reports to Keller. Dealing with the behavior of Brodsky has become a concern to Keller as Brodsky has very reserved and formal approach which is considered not appropriate for the kind of industry he is in. The industry is a very challenging environment as the company
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WOLFGANG KELLER AT KONIGSBRAU-HELLAS A.E. Individual Case Analysis “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do what you want done because he wants to do it” – Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership styles vary from person to person. A person’s leadership style is indicative of that person’s personality. Like personalities‚ some leadership styles clash. Wolfgang Keller and Dimitri Petrou are an example of clashing leadership styles. Keller‚ an autocratic leader‚ manages differently than Petrou
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Questions for Wolfgang Keller Case 1) Who is Wolfgang Keller? What are his key strengths and weaknesses? Wolfgang Keller is the Managing Director of Konigsbrau-TAK‚ which is the Ukranian subsidiary of a major premium beer brewer. Keller has previous experience in financially turning around a German food product manufacturer’s two subsidiaries (relatively smaller in scale than his current organization). Keller’s foremost strength is his ability to turn around an apparently difficult
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Wolfgang Keller graduated from Harvard Business School at the age of 34 and soon after experienced instantaneous business success in the food manufacturing industry. Keller‚ drawn to turn around opportunities departed the food manufacturing industry for Konigsbrau brewing. Keller accepted the role of managing director of Konigsbrau subsidiary in the Ukraine. Keller applied his hands on style of management‚ which brought earning success to the suffering subsidiary. Keller seemed to be on the successful
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Analysis Assignment II: “Wolfgang Keller at Königsbräu-TAK” MGT 400- Monday 6-8:45 Chelsea Glovis a. What is your assessment of Brodsky’s performance? Please be specific. In my opinion‚ I believe that Brodsky is one of those individuals who is so intelligent his personality and social interactions suffer. Keller and Brodsky have very different approaches to problems‚ in addition to being different nationalities‚ this creates many of the problems that they face. Keller looks at problems and
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Wolfgang Keller Case Analysis MBA-6120 Abstract Wolfgang Keller is a 34 year old graduate of the Harvard Business School. After a fast moving career building a reputation for turning around failing businesses‚ Wolfgang Keller once again found himself facing the challenge of turning around a losing business. This time it was as managing director of the Ukrainian subsidy of the Konigsbrau Brewery. The company was experiencing €2.9 million per year with annual sales of €116 million
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in Ukrainian. Wolfgang Keller who is the managing director of Ukrainian subsidiary with having succeeded as a hands-on manager‚ worked for food manufacturing companies in the past. He generally took his success with effective solutions such as changing marketing strategy‚ reconfiguring the sales force‚ hiring a new top-management and many others. As a result of this effort‚ he set one’s sights on and also he expects to be promoted to the firm’s Vorstand for the future. Dmitri Brodsky‚ who is the Königsbräu-TAK’s
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Nathan Johnson Case Analysis MGT 400 – 10/13/09 Wolfgang Keller at Konigsbrau-TAK (A) 1) What is your assessment of Brodsky’s performance? Please be specific. The first point of concern regarding Brodsky’s performance that I saw was Keller’s description of how long it took Brodsky to complete a project or task. As Keller highlighted Brodsky’s great analytical skills with regards to how he redesigned the sales force organization and the development of a comprehensive set of information and control
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Wolfgang Keller at Konigsbrau-Krayina” Introduction Wolfgang Keller‚ managing director of Konigsbrau-Krayina‚ the Ukrainian subsidiary of the German beer company Konigsbrau‚ faces a complicated managerial dilemma. His subordinate‚ Bohdan Khmelnytsky‚ is a talented and experienced commercial director who is not meeting his goals appropriately. Keller is an action-oriented manager who likes to use a hands-on approach when dealing with problems. He has the potential to be a great leader as evidence
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501 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR Wolfgang Keller at Königsbrӓu-TAK(A) Case Report 22.10.2009 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Königsbrӓu-TAK was one of the best managed and profitable premium beer companies and the Wolfgang Keller became the manager director of Königsbrӓu’s Ukrainian subsidiary which had lately been losing nearly $ 3 million per year. In three years‚ he took initiative and the Ukrainian subsidiary’s earnings increased to $ 7 million per year. Wolfgang Keller was a manager who did value personal
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