Cordova Research Group case study Cordova Research Group spent more than thirty years conducting pure and applied research for a variety of external customers. With the reduction, however, in R&D...

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Cordova Research Group case study


Cordova Research Group spent more than thirty years conducting pure and applied research for a variety of external customers. With the reduction, however, in R&D funding, Cordova decided that the survival of the firm would be based upon becoming a manufacturing firm as well as performing R&D. The R&D culture was close to informal project management with the majority of the personnel holding advanced degrees in technical disciplines. To enter the manufacturing arena would require hiring hundreds of new employees, mostly nondegreed.






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  1. Discuss salient issues in the case study in relation to research programs planning and management


  2. What strategic problems must be solved?

  3. What project management problems must be solved?

  4. What time frame is reasonable?

  5. If excellence can be achieved, would it occur most likely using formal or informal

  6. project management? Justify?






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Answer To: Cordova Research Group case study Cordova Research Group spent more than thirty years conducting...

Jose answered on Jul 04 2022
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Salient issues rel
ated to the research programs planning and management are the lack of the expertise of the management and they are not ready to take the risks for implementing the effective research programs and activities. Deep analysis of the problem also has to be done for ensuring effective conduct of the research’
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Lack of proper goal setting and people are not connected to strategy can be called as the strategic problems faced by the company. The company also failed to understand the problems faced by the...
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