Essential of Management

Essential of Management Case Studies CASE STUDY (20 Marks) The Super Steels Ltd. specializes in making steel molded furniture. The MD Mr Sukhdev Singh, formed the company in 1980s with a working capital of Rs. 5 lakhs and 10 people and started with commercial pieces of furniture. Gradually, the business grew an work force was also expanded. Their man recruits and diploma holders in technical traders as assembling, etc. and workers. The staff works in teams of six people to assemble inspect and approve a piece of furniture and teams were assigned for different products. The whole of the production area was partitioned for separate teams.

The whole of the production area was partitioned for separate teams. The teams consist of team leader, two experienced workers and rest workers either fresh or on rotation. Teams are further organized in groups and each group has leaders of team as quality team. They take charge of production, output and quality of all teams as one group, discuss and improve upon themselves. All the groups are answerable to the production manager. Around twelve months ago, Mr Singh in consultation with his old friend decided to diversify into home furniture and developed a massive restructuring. He decided to call an industry expert to advice on the process, who after study, recommended a flow-line production process for all their products. Mr Singh accepted a plan and arranged for starting out the commercial operations.

Answer the following question. Q1. Discuss the major problems faced by the organization. Q2. How could the changes in the organization have been made more successful? Debate.