Charles "Ed" Haldeman Jr. promotes CEO for Putnam Investments after the company was hard hit by a series of improper trading practices. He is charged with the task of crisis management, maintenance of corporate culture, and put back in the firm growth model. Haldeman knows that nothing less than a radical change in the culture of Putnam Investments will be enough to restore the confidence of customers and employees, who felt betrayed by the obvious misconduct firm. He must confront some tough decisions about the recently discovered issues concerning the treatment of certain accounting operations three years earlier, and at the continued delay performance Voyager, the flagship of the company, equity fund. "Hide
by Nitin Nohria, Charles A. Nichols Source: Harvard Business School 23 pages. Publication Date: Mar 08, 2006. Prod. #: 406009-PDF-ENG
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