Silvio In India

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Case 4 Shariqua Rahman 100658828 February 7, 2012 1) I believe Silvio is a good choice for the manager since he was the one who developed the plan for the project for India, as he was in charge of creating the Indian subsidiary, thus he is experienced in the planning and detailed information about the plan. He also has extensive knowledge of the S001 project which he also worked on. India’s plan revolves around the S001 project, thus since he has experience with it, it would be beneficial for the general manager to have knowledge of that as well. He also seems dedicated to this task, is young, vibrant and strong-headed, where he can probably get things done in India, where delays and punctuality are taken lightly. 2) His evaluation should be done in a way that looks at the progress of the company Schindler India since it came under Silvio’s management. Quantitative measures such as sales target, as well as qualitative measures such as how he is managing the local employees and adjusting to and respecting the new culture should be analyzed. One of the main things to measure is to see whether his actions and work thus far is aligned with the original business plan for the Indian subsidiary. Although he got offices set up in Mumbai and Delhi, currently there were no sales, thus something must be done to see where the problem lies: diagnose it and come up with an adjusted strategy, especially with the new tax policies. 3) Silvio believes that installing the nonstandard glass wall elevator will be difficult for the new staff to get used to. But, installing it would allow the company to see how it is received in India and thus provide some way to gauge for future plans to install more of this nonstandard glass wall elevator. It might also increase sales. Perhaps they can do a trial run and install one and then adapt and change accordingly when they

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