THE OVERHEAD REDUCTION TASK FORCE
...d how the task force should be launched and led. The focus is on team leadership at four stages in a team’s life cycle: 1) preparation, 2) initial meeting, 3) mid-course consultation, and 4) post-performance debriefing. Teaching Purpose: To learn about the effective leadership of work groups and teams. A rewritten version of an earlier case. Evaluation of Dixon in setting up the task force • Since the team phenomenon has become very important in organization as means to solve critical problems, the idea of Dixon forming a task force to determine how to reduce overhead cost is a good one. ... • It was also a good idea to have Williams lead the task force since as the Controller, he has overall responsibility over the fiscal issues of the company. • Despite the fact that overhead cost reduction is considered by Dixon to be very urgent, I think it was a hasty decision she made to form the task force. • Since the composition of the task force is not i...