Sun Hydraulics: Leading in Tough Times (A) (Abridged), Spanish Version Case Solution
By the year 2001, difficulties were faced by Sun Hydraulics, which was a 32 years old global hydraulics engineering and manufacturing company, due to the economic slowdown. The business leaders hadnot identified corporate hierarchy and discussions the best way to preserve profitability and reduce labor costs without ruining the firm's advanced culture, which relies on flat direction. This articlecontains a summary of the history of the company's, from its foundation in 1970 to its IPO in 1997, and requests the studentsto step into the shoes of Allen Carlson, the president and CEO of Sun, to advocate particular cost cutting activities.
This is just an excerpt. This case is about ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PUBLICATION DATE: May 06, 2003