Read Case 2.1 Hector Gaming and complete the questions and develop an action plan.
Case 2.1
Hector Gaming Company
Hector Gaming Company (HGC) is an educational gaming company specializing in young children’s educational games. HGC has just completed their fourth year of operation. This year was a banner year for HGC. The company received a large influx of capital for growth by issuing stock privately through an investment banking firm. It appears the return on investment for this past year will be just over 25 percent with zero debt! The growth rate for the last two years has been approximately 80 percent each year. Parents and grandparents of young children have been buying HGC’s products almost as fast as they are developed. Every member of the 56-person firm is enthusiastic and looking forward to helping the firm grow to be the largest and best educational gaming company in the world. The founder of the firm, Sally Peters, has been written up in Young Entrepreneurs as “the young entrepreneur to watch.” She has been able to develop an organization culture in which all stakeholders are committed to innovation, continuous improvement, and organization learning.
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“Would the company be better off if it had a priority system closely linked to the strategic plan?” We end the discussion by reviewing the important role projects play in implementing strategy, the interdependence of functional groups and projects rather than independence, and the changing role of the project manager in the project driven organization.