Chemplus (B) and Puck Stop

Paper Summary:

This essay compares two case studies, one on the Chemplus (B) firm, and one on Puck Stop, an informal group formed to win a trivia championship at a local bar. The paper compares the case studies and uses the text provided to show the problems in communication, their relation to perceptions, and how this ultimately resulted in behavioral dysfunctions and a failure to achieve their goals.

From the Paper:

"In both the Chemplus (B) and Puck Stop cases, communications problems and allow behavioral dysfunctions to deepen. Underlying feelings of inequity, basic human behavioral natures, take center stage and hinder the performance of the groups involved. Similarities in communications problems exist despite each group having quite a different organizational structure. Chemplus is a formal corporate organization with a division of labor and a hierarchy of authority. Harry Barlow is a manager who appears to manage with a wide span of control. The Puck Stop case has an informal association of people organized into a group by Puck Stop patrons Hannah Kurtzmann and Mike Colangelo."

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