SKILL ANALYSIS CASE INVOLVING POWER AND INFLUENCE ANALYSIS Dynica Software Solutions Dynica Technologes recently announced plans to construct a new production facit ity in River Woods. The new facility would replace the company's ornal production facility which is to the company headquarters in F i nancing the new facility, the company stated that to the extent possible, it would be stated by Egmont plant personnel and that the excess persone would be transferred to other Dynica plants in neighboring states Dynica management views the River Woods facility as the plant of the future featuring lower processing costs and manpower requirements as well as state-of-the art environmental standards. In a recent press release the Dynica CEO noted they were replacing one of the least onmentally friendly plants in the industry with a facility that will be greener han any of the competitions production plants Dynica is also using the River Woods plant to pilota now decentra m an agement structure in the past, the firm's marketing activities were directed from the home office by a vice presion Manuacturing operations and certain other departments were under the control of the company's senior vice president. In this centralized, functional arrangement none of the company's four production facilities had a general manager. Instead, each department in a plant reported on a line basis to its functional counterpart at the home office le director of production, director of engineering). In contrast, the new River Woods plant manager will be responsible for the management of all functions and personnel, except marketing and sales There is general consensus among the top management team that the long-term viability of the firm depends on the success of this initiative. However, some have expressed concerns about the difficulty of the task facing the River Woods general manager. They point to the shift from functional lines of communication and account ability to a plant-level focus, as well as the challenges of upgrading the sits of the Edgemont plant personnel working out the bus in new applications of advanced manufacturing processes to design and production, and dealing with the inevitable complaints from employees in a small company town who are not satisfied with their new assignments and who might serve as the catalyst for unionizing the facility Discussion Questions 5.1. If you were part of the selection committee for the River Woods plantmanager post tion, based on what you've learned about the sources of personal power in this chap ter, describe what you'd consider to be the ideal candidate's qualifications 5.2. you were offered the new River Woods plant manager pocon, based on what you ve learned about the sources of position power, what actions would you take ensure that as the company's first eral manager you had the sec o nd accomplish your assigned duties? 5.3. Using the informacion e the second hand chat you you accepted the position of River Woods plant manager SKILL ANALYSIS CASE INVOLVING POWER AND INFLUENCE ANALYSIS Dynica Software Solutions Dynica Technologes recently announced plans to construct a new production facit ity in River Woods. The new facility would replace the company's ornal production facility which is to the company headquarters in F i nancing the new facility, the company stated that to the extent possible, it would be stated by Egmont plant personnel and that the excess persone would be transferred to other Dynica plants in neighboring states Dynica management views the River Woods facility as the plant of the future featuring lower processing costs and manpower requirements as well as state-of-the art environmental standards. In a recent press release the Dynica CEO noted they were replacing one of the least onmentally friendly plants in the industry with a facility that will be greener han any of the competitions production plants Dynica is also using the River Woods plant to pilota now decentra m an agement structure in the past, the firm's marketing activities were directed from the home office by a vice presion Manuacturing operations and certain other departments were under the control of the company's senior vice president. In this centralized, functional arrangement none of the company's four production facilities had a general manager. Instead, each department in a plant reported on a line basis to its functional counterpart at the home office le director of production, director of engineering). In contrast, the new River Woods plant manager will be responsible for the management of all functions and personnel, except marketing and sales There is general consensus among the top management team that the long-term viability of the firm depends on the success of this initiative. However, some have expressed concerns about the difficulty of the task facing the River Woods general manager. They point to the shift from functional lines of communication and account ability to a plant-level focus, as well as the challenges of upgrading the sits of the Edgemont plant personnel working out the bus in new applications of advanced manufacturing processes to design and production, and dealing with the inevitable complaints from employees in a small company town who are not satisfied with their new assignments and who might serve as the catalyst for unionizing the facility Discussion Questions 5.1. If you were part of the selection committee for the River Woods plantmanager post tion, based on what you've learned about the sources of personal power in this chap ter, describe what you'd consider to be the ideal candidate's qualifications 5.2. you were offered the new River Woods plant manager pocon, based on what you ve learned about the sources of position power, what actions would you take ensure that as the company's first eral manager you had the sec o nd accomplish your assigned duties? 5.3. Using the informacion e the second hand chat you you accepted the position of River Woods plant manager