Hermann Gudmundsson, the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) as Esso Iceland (supplier of fuel and lubricants) and Bilanaust (automotive parts retailer) began development of the organization's strategy for the two companies forward in the next few years. Its vision is to create value for themselves and clients they serve, and Gudmundsson considered several methods to achieve this goal: each company should be organized and operated on a standalone basis, or formal merger will to bring to the interaction? He decided that the best approach would be to capture an accurate representation of the existing talent in both organizations, but was not sure of the best way to sort, rank and evaluate the talents that exist in each of the Esso Iceland and Bilanaust. In the end, he wanted to create a list of tasks to assess programs and practices to implement the findings. "Hide
by Ken Marcus, Gerard Seijts Source: Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation 2 pages. Publication Date: September 3, 2010. Prod. #: 910C17-PDF-ENG
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