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Management and Organizational Behavior Problems at Alixar: PRACTICE Assignment You have just been called in to help managers at Allxar, a fast-growing internet software company that specializes in 828 network software. Your job is to help Alixar solve some management problems that have arisen because of its rapid growth. Customer demand to license Alixar's software has boomed so much in just two years that more than 50 new software programmers have been added to help develop a new range of software products. Alxar's growth has been so swift that the company still operates Informally, its organizational structure is loose and fexible, and programmers are encouraged to find solutions to problems as they go along. Although this structure worked well in the past, you have been told that problems are arising. There have been increasing complaints from employees that good performance is not being recoenized in the organization and that they do not feel equitably treated. Moreover, there have been complaints about getting managers to listen to their new ideas and to act on them. A bad atmosphere is developing in the company and recently several talented emplovees left. Your job is to help Alixar's managers solve these problems quickly and keep the company on the fast track. In answering the following questions, apply the OB Input-Process-Output model and the scientific method of problem-solving to identify and categorize the problems and make recommendations based on O8 concepts. You can take help of the Solutions example provided on Bb to catererise issues at each stage of the model. Question 1: Based on your reading of chapter 1, what kind of problems is Alixar suffering from? Apply the OB Input-Process-Output model to identify and categorize the problems. Identify at least one problems at each stage (I-P-0). Problem identification: Question 2: What steps should Albar take to solve the problems it is facing, and to avoid such problems in future? Make recommendations for at least one problem at each stage (I-P-O). The recommendations should be specific and actionable. Use the scientific process to come up with altematives and make recommendations. Alixar Practice Case 1 Solution Example: Chapter 1 Example of analvzing the case using the input-Process-Output model and the Scientific Process steps You can analyze the case using the following matrix. I have provided one example of how to approach this case analysis. Similarly, try to identify other problems in the case evident at the input, process, and output stages and individual, team, and organizational levels. Then consider alternatives and make recommendations based on the available information, textbook reading, and your own insights