- The Frontier National Bank is an old, large, and profitable bank but its position has slipped in the 1980s.
- The current CEO is retiring and proposed Ross Abernathy as the new CEO.
- Abernathy led a bank in Chicago successfully but is concerned about the team at Frontier being too old and unenthusiastic to achieve the needed changes.
- The Frontier National Bank is an old, large, and profitable bank but its position has slipped in the 1980s.
- The current CEO is retiring and proposed Ross Abernathy as the new CEO.
- Abernathy led a bank in Chicago successfully but is concerned about the team at Frontier being too old and unenthusiastic to achieve the needed changes.
- The Frontier National Bank is an old, large, and profitable bank but its position has slipped in the 1980s.
- The current CEO is retiring and proposed Ross Abernathy as the new CEO.
- Abernathy led a bank in Chicago successfully but is concerned about the team at Frontier being too old and unenthusiastic to achieve the needed changes.
- The Frontier National Bank is an old, large, and profitable bank but its position has slipped in the 1980s.
- The current CEO is retiring and proposed Ross Abernathy as the new CEO.
- Abernathy led a bank in Chicago successfully but is concerned about the team at Frontier being too old and unenthusiastic to achieve the needed changes.
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ROSS ABERNATHY AND THE
FRONTIER NATIONAL BANK
Presented To:- Presented By:-
Prof. Ashok Advani Manvendra Singh Madhu Suden Vohra Riya Garg Priyanka Srivastava Saumya Yadav Anukriti Goel SUMMARY
• Frontier Bank- The oldest, biggest and a
profitable bank • Present CEO retiring and his proposal. • By 1980s position of bank slipped • Proposed name for new CEO ‘Ross Abernathy’ ROSS ABERNATHY
• Lead bank in Chicago to great
success in term of its design, development and international business. • Chairman and CEO of a group of insurance companies. • Accepted to become the CEO of the Frontier National Bank. The Problem The problem in the case is that the frontier executives were old and unenthusiastic and the younger people working under them did not seem to be any different. Ross Abernathy did not feel that at frontier he had the team to do what he needed to be done. He needed an active team to achieve its target but was facing problems in making decision regarding team selection. ADVICES Ross Abernathy has three choices of making his team to Work at the frontiers bank. They are
Make a team from the frontier bank itself.
Members of his Chicago team. A team of members from outside who are independent professionals picked for proven performance capacity and not because of friendship.
He needs to make decision between all three alternatives that
which is best and will be beneficial for frontiers bank. Pros And Cons Of Alternatives 1. Make a team from the frontier bank itself Pros: Team well-versed with the environment of the bank. Cons: It would be tedious to make them work out of their domain. 2. Members of his Chicago team Pros: Members of the team already know each other, thus less case of conflicts among them. Cons: Difficult for the members to adapt the new ambience and work –culture. 3. A team of members from outside Pros: Diversified knowledge of the domain. Cons: May have very different point of views , may not be very significant for the bank. SOLUTION The new CEO should recruit a four best possible members from : 1) Frontier 2) Chicago team each who are expert 3)Outside Frontier who are independent professionals
After developing the team , the CEO should
put one from each team in individual four departments of 1) Finance 2) Marketing 3) Human resource 4) Operations Execution Plan • The team should be selected according to an individual’s capabilities and talents. • Moreover Ross may follow a friendly as well as strict environment for his team to work efficiently. • Keeps timely report of progress and results. • Keep looking for new ideas and project opportunities. • Feedback on employee welfare and satisfaction.