My group chose to look at the Enron scandal. We feel that there were multiple organizational breakdowns that occurred that helped lead to this problem. We believe there was a lack of communication, a problem with leadership, and poor ethics. These three organization problems helped lead to the misrepresentation of funds that ruined the company. I would like to look at the way my team chose the topic.
We all came to the decision of Enron after our first idea for a topic failed. Our first idea was to do our project on Fannie Mae and how their organization failed. We decided on this topic by having each group member bring a topic idea to a group meeting and then everyone vote on which we should choose. After we chose Fannie Mae, we decided the Enron scandal should be our back up topic in the event our original idea did not pass. It was a very democratic process, and we all have already chosen our roles. We have a group leader, motivator, and a mediator for the group.
I think that the Enron scandal will be a great topic for this project. We have been discussing this issue extensively in my business and society class. there are many factors that played into the demise of Enron. you should have no problem relating this case to many of the issues we have been talking about in class.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the Enron scandal is a great topic for this project. I wrote a research paper about this topic freshman year, and now realize it encompasses a great deal of organizational topics such as conflict, ethics, and leadership. I look forward to your presentation, and how you tie the organizational concepts together.
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