You have just been called in to help managers at Alixar, a fast-growing Internet software company that specializes in B2B 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. Alixar's growth has been so swift that the company still operates informally, its organizational structure is loose and flexible, 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 recognized 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 employees 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 to make recommendations based on OB concepts. Question 1: Based on your reading of chapter 1, what kind problems is Alixar suffering from? Apply the OB Input-Process-Output model to identify and categorize the problems. Question 2: What steps should Alixar take to solve the problems it is facing, and to avoid such problems in future? Make recommendations based on chapter 1