Case Study/Analysis “A Day in the Life of Alex Sander: Driving in the Fast Lane at Landon Care Products” Situation/Analysis: Alex Sander is the newest and youngest product manager in the Toiletries Division of Landon Care Products‚ Inc.‚ a cosmetics product company located in Connecticut. At 32 years of age‚ Alex is aggressive‚ driven‚ and an extremely hard worker. Alex is educated‚ obtaining his MBA from MIT Sloan‚ as well as an undergraduate BA degree in Economics from Stanford. When he joined
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Protagonist in the case: Sam Glass (Product group supervisor) Landon Care Products. Issues troubling Sam Glass: Alex Sander – Product Manager is a highly talented individual and has been very effective employee and has delivered results but when it comes to handling people Alex doesn’t seem to fit into the role. Sam has high regards for Alex and is keenly interested in keeping Alex at Landon but at the same time also understands that Alex lacks leadership skills especially with respect to people
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I will be reflecting on the Harvard Business Review article‚ A Day in the Life of Alex Sander: Driving in the Fast Lane at Landon Care Products. Sander’s personality is one of a driven person to succeed at the cost of others. He is not daunted by who he insults or what he has to do or say to achieve what he feels makes him a ‘success’. He is an egotistical person that comes off as better than others and does not apologize for it. He feels that he has no time for reviews‚ since he believes
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Team Assignment: Alex Sanders Memo To: Mr. Sam Glass From: Team 8 Date: March 2nd‚ 2013 Subject: Alex Sanders In response to your inquiry regarding Alex Sanders and performance management‚ we urge you to consider the following recommendations. Your perception of Alex as a go-getter is absolutely accurate; he has the intellect‚ drive‚ and ambition to accomplish goals with great success. In fact‚ much of the group’s success is correlated with Alex’s involvement. We realize that his
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the Life of Alex Sander Case Analysis Alex Sander is a no-nonsense‚ enterprising person who expects everybody in his team to overachieve and be as committed as he is to the project. It seems that he gets frustrated when assignments and when his instructions are not executed to the T. The 360° feedback he received from his boss predicts that Alex will likely not be an effective leader if he continues with his current path of aggressive behavior in the office. Glass mentions that Alex needs to work
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Day in life of Alex Sander: Diyora Hitesh V Regd No. PA1110 Abstract Alex Sander is a new product manager at Landan care products inc. which has been acquired by a European Beauty company. Alex Sander is very talented and has rebranded two national products in one year. She knows very well when to launch product and she is smart enough to do things correctly. Sander is getting her
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1) Investigate the 360 feedback system as a performance evaluation tool. List key advantages and problems associated with this method. 360 degree feedback system as a performance evaluation tool as long as the understanding of its intent is understood. “There are three key steps in the successful implementation of 360 degree feedback systems in an organization. The three steps are that it must fit the organizations culture‚ make it psychometrically sound‚ and used with care” (“Best Practices”‚
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Alex Sander is a highly motivated product manager for the Toiletries Division of Landon Care Products‚ Inc.‚ a cosmetics products company headquartered in Connecticut. Alex was brought to the company by owner Sam Glass with the expectation of shaking up the product team and creating waves through his relentless work ethic. The young manager‚ undaunted by any learning challenge‚ has successfully lead his team through the rebranding of two national skin care products in just over a years’ time. A recent
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LARRY E. GREINER ELIZABETH COLLINS A Day in the Life of Alex Sander: Driving in the Fast Lane at Landon Care Products 5:25 A.M. Sweat dripped onto the handlebars of Alex Sander’s StairMaster. Sander was half an hour into a cardiovascular workout‚ while carrying on a conversation in the fitness center of the downtown condominium complex with a neighbor who was climbing steadily on his own StairMaster. At 32‚ Alex was the newest‚ and youngest‚ product manager in the Toiletries Division of Landon
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LIFE OF ALEX SANDER : DRIVING IN THE FAST LANE AT LANDON CARE PRODUCTS By Larry E. Greiner & Elizabeth Collins CASE ANALYSIS SUBMITTED BY OB GROUP 6 COMPRISING OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS 1. Akhil Joshi (2013016) 2. Amee Thaker (2013024) 3. Angad Singh(2013030) 4. Ankit Parashar(2013036) 5. Ankit S Singh(2013039) 6. Anupam Smita(2013049) 7. Abhinav Srivastava(2013340) INTRODUCTION The following study is based on a case wherein the protagonist‚ Alex Sander at the
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