Case Study Analysis of Cisco and High Performance Teams

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CASE STUDY ANALYSIS
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CISCO AND HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAMS
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CASE STUDY ANALYSIS
Abstract
The primary object of this paper is to summarize the case study followed by the discussion
related on the accounted challenges which are faced due to the work outsourcing to India.
Along with describing the challenges it will also discuss about the more effective approaches
in which both India and U.S teams can work together. Hence, it can be stated that the brief
description on the case scenario of Cisco and High Performing Teams, including the above
mentioned aspect will be delivered.

CASE STUDY ANALYSIS
Summary
After thoroughly investigating the case scenario it has been noticed that there is a
significant ups and downs on the business profit of the organization Cisco. As it is mentioned
in the case scenario that the organizational has initiated its journey as worlds one of the
largest technical sector. However, from the year 2000 the organization has faced several
problems related to their business growth which has impacted on their financial profit.
Followed by the year the organization has effectively rescued their financial dropdown by
giving a tough fight to their competitors. While considering the business losses of the
organization it has been noticed that the organizational nature of Cisco was similar to the
wild-west cowboy type culture during the time of their financial downfall. The organizational
culture has been termed as the wild-west cowboy culture because in the conventional
business structure of Cisco it has been noticed that they has followed the master and slave
process they had to strictly follow their top authorities decision. Along with that it has been
also determined that there was a significant lack of leadership skills in the higher authorities
and the lack of communication between the employs present in the organization. Since, the
organization is an international organization there was a significant impact of the work
outsources to India.
Challenges of Outsourcing
While discussing the above mentioned aspect several challenges had been accounted
which are listed below:
 From the analysing it has been observed that in order to meet the customer
requirement most of the organizations are outsourcing to India. Followed by this
aspect one of the significant challenges in the outsourcing is to find an appropriate out