What information both in the case and based on your business knowledge leads you to this conclusion?

PART A READ THE CASE STUDY BELOW THE LINK AND ANSWER THE QUESTION
https://hbr.org/2002/08/the-sputtering-rd-machine
1. Please identify at least two business problems faced by Hal. In addition, identify at least two business problems faced by Charlie. Explain those problems faced by both in detail.
2. what information in the case leads you to believe that the problems faced by Hal and the problems faced by charlie are important to the future performance of Homestar?
3. Based on your business knowledge, whose problems (ie., Hal’s or Charlie’s) are more important as the problems related to the future business performance of HomeStar? What information both in the case and based on your business knowledge leads you to this conclusion?
4. With regard to Charlie’s efforts at HomeStar, what do you think are some of the assumptions that Charlie has made in the past that have led to the problems Charlie is facing?
5. What will be the consequences of both Hal’s and Charlie’s management if the problems they are facing are not rectified? What do you recommend both Hal and Charlie do to fix the problems they are facing at Homestar? What are the limitations that may not allow for your recommendations to be implemented by both Hal and Charlie?
PART B ANSWERS THE QUESTION BELOW
Based on your viewing of the interview with Hannah Jones, Nike Incorporate’s Vice President of Innovation and Sustainability, our class discussion of Nike Incorporated’s ethical challenges in the 1990s, as well as your own knowledge and reflection related to ethical decision-making, please answer the following.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?vxUSJ18Ezpo&t=13s
1. Describe in detail the ethical dilemma facing Nike Inc. in the late 1990s involving the company’s supply chain.
2. Numerous stakeholder groups were being affected or were going to be affected by Nike Inc.’s unethical business practices in the late 1990s. Please list these stakeholder groups and describe the effects that either was felt by the groups or were going to be felt by the groups if the unethical behavior continued.
3. Based on your knowledge of the situation, how did the corporate-level managers at Nike Inc. manage the issue of ethical business practices being performed in the late 1990s Please note if you agree with these approaches to managing the company in a more ethical way, and explain how you would may have taken even more drastic approaches to rectify the unethical business practices.
PART C ANSWER THE QUESTION BELOW
1. Define corporate culture referencing our in-class discussion and notes.
2. Identify and discuss elements that describe an unhealthy cultural environment
3. Identify and discuss elements that describe cultures thought to be ‘high performance.


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