Talent Allocation, LLC (TA) is a consulting firm helping organizations develop effective, efficient, and affordable workforces.  As a member of TA, you are charged with meeting with Dakota Press’s divisions and hosting a discussion regarding a division’s ability to rapidly respond to changes in business partnerships, policy shifts, embargos, and other publishing-orientated world events.  After meeting with each division, you will be expected to offer a comprehensive presentation on ideas/processes helping the company enhance it is response times. After arriving, you speak with several different departments within divisions.  Curiously, you notice the following: Multiple generations of workers team-up on projects. There seems to be a significant amount of tension amongst the staff. You saw staff members exchanging harsh words and appearing angry. The company has survived due to multiple mergers and consolidations.  However, you remain uncertain how the diverse workforces were integrated. Given your observations, what are the challenges facing Dakota Press?  What would be your top three recommendations, and why?

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Talent Allocation, LLC (TA) is a consulting firm helping organizations develop effective, efficient, and affordable workforces.  As a member of TA, you are charged with meeting with Dakota Press’s divisions and hosting a discussion regarding a division’s ability to rapidly respond to changes in business partnerships, policy shifts, embargos, and other publishing-orientated world events.  After meeting with each division, you will be expected to offer a comprehensive presentation on ideas/processes helping the company enhance it is response times.

After arriving, you speak with several different departments within divisions.  Curiously, you notice the following:

  • Multiple generations of workers team-up on projects.
  • There seems to be a significant amount of tension amongst the staff.
  • You saw staff members exchanging harsh words and appearing angry.
  • The company has survived due to multiple mergers and consolidations.  However, you remain uncertain how the diverse workforces were integrated.

Given your observations, what are the challenges facing Dakota Press?  What would be your top three recommendations, and why?

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