MAGELLAN VERSUS QUESADA Case Solution And Analysis, HBR Case Study Solution & Analysis of Harvard Case Studies

INTRODUCTION:

Magellan, a highly skilled Portuguese sailor, who has earned the confidence of the people by his marvellous achievements, claimed that he had found the shortest passage named “paso” to the Southern Sea at the 40^th degree of latitude. He later offered King Charles I of Spain to lead a fleet of this passage and thus, opened a direct route to the Spice Islands and India for Spain. King Charles I gave him the fleet of 5 ships under the supreme command of Magellan, as well as under the supervision of a Spanish Captain named Juan de Cartagena, to explore the passage, which he has discovered.

DILEMMA:

As the journey started following inconsistencies have occurred:

Magellan did not share his plans with his crew even after asking several times by its crew.
Magellan also divested the powers of Cartagena and put him into the custody, as he insisted Magellan to discuss his plans with other members, and he refused to salute him.
Magellan also deposed Cartagena’s successor, Antonio de Coca, because he was Spanish.
Magellan later realized that the map made by Martin Behaim on which he found “paso” is completely wrong, even after realizing the fact he did not communicated the fact to the entire crew.

Thus, Magellan has fallen short in dealing with his crew members ethically and effectively, due to which he has been left behind at Port San Julian by his crew members headed by Gasper de Quesada. Moreover, he has involved his personal prejudices in making significant decisions rather than making them rationally and along with collaborations of other fleet members.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF MANGERS AND SUBORDINATES:

Following are the responsibilities and code of conduct of managers and subordinates.

Managers:

Managers should effectively communicate the goals and objectives to its employees on the timely basis as well as managers should understand the needs and requirements of his subordinates in order to enhance their motivational level.

In addition to this, the managers should effectively respond to the queries of the subordinates on timely basis in order to motivate them as well as it would also increase collaboration with his subordinates. Furthermore, managers should effectively involve the employees and its subordinates in the decision making process in order to generate better decisions as well as in order to motivate his subordinates.

EMPLOYEES:

Employees should co-ordinate with their managers and should fulfill their orders efficiently and effectively. In addition to this, the employees should not disregard the orders of their subordinates. Moreover, employees should timely provide feedback of their tasks to the managers. However, if the manager is such that he fails to fulfill his above mentioned responsibilities then the employees are entitled to mutiny against their superiors.......................

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