Spark Pharma Business Management Paper

Read the case study titled as “Case Study: Is It Time to Exit Russia?” by Nien-hê Hsieh published in Harvard Business Review, and answer the following Questions:

• Identify the main problem and subproblems of the case? [Mark 2]
• Identify the causes of problem based on the following techniques? [Marks 3]
  • Cause of the problem- 5 Why Technique
    • Why-1
    • Why-2
    • Why-3
    • Why-4
    • Why-5
  • Develop a Cause-and-Effect Diagram
• What information should you gather, that would be helpful to know before making
• Develop a mind map for decision making, [2 Marks]
• Write all the alternative choices of your decision. [Mark 1]
• As CEO of the Spark Pharma, what will be your decision to resolve this issue and why? [Mark 2]
• Weighing the alternatives [Marks 2]
• Write the conclusion and overall assessment. [Marks 2]

decision? [Mark 1]

When weighing the various alternatives, how well each alternative fulfills the variables to consider can be expressed as scores. A different rating scale will be used to assess each alternative:

+2 very suitable

+1 quite suitable

0 neither suitable nor unsuitable

Note: Positive numbers (+2 or +1) indicate that the alternative is able to fulfill the variables, whereas negative numbers (-2 or -1) denote the opposite.