Death By One-Thousand Cuts
Identify an organization that has died in recent years (or is about to). You can choose from the list below, or identify your own. Do a complete business decision-making post-mortem (autopsy) on the organization.
What happened? How did poor decision-making relative to organizational and operational issues affect the success of the organization? What business decisions could (and should) have been changed to add some longevity to the organization’s life? As corporate leaders, what specific lessons can each of us learn from the demise of this organization? Your paper should be double-spaced
Business Boneyard
A & P
Abercrombie & Fitch
American Apparel
BlackBerry
Border’s Books
Crystal Cathedral
Circuit City
Hilton Hotels
Loehmann’s
RadioShack
Sbarro
Sears
Shoney’s
Solyndra
Sports Authority
United Airlines
Blockbuster