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Strategic Management
LINDA WACHNER Case Study
Iguana team members:
1 Mokhtar Mamoun Abd El Rahman 20221932
2 Mahmoud Ahmed Amin 20221607
3 Ahmed Mahmoud Lotfy Nassar 20221453
4 Maryam Abd El Moneem Abd Allah 20221650
5 Islam Ismail Abdel Razek Ali 18124653
6 Eman Abd Allah Al Dosoky Ahmed 19121437
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1. Why do you think Fortune magazine has selected Linda

Wachner to be the first lady in the Club 500? Give three
reasons.

• CEO for many successful brands

• Very Dedicated to business, profits & productivity

• Up normal financial performance for the companies (Great financial position)

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2. Where do you place Linda as a manager or a strategic

leader? Why?
• She is a manager

• Reason: A leader is a person that always cares about the vision while a manager is a person

that is setting goals, in our case, vision cannot be achieved by emulating employees which is

the most important factor in any company. Linda is a pure manager that follows a strict

strategy with her employees to achieve short goals.

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3. Do you accept – as a team- to work with Linda Wachner

as your immediate boss? Why? How were the process and
dynamics of the team decision-making?

• No, We Don’t Accept.

➢ Reason:
• Although she is very good and maybe genius in her role, she has an attitude
issue and uses only toughness style with coworkers, so maybe she is
achieving high profits, but she is doing that with the help of the employees.
• We made the decision by voting, and the Majority was No (5 to 1)
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4. If Linda Wachner would come to the Leadership Clinic, what would be her top 3
possible complaints, what would be your diagnosis? and What would be the top
three treatments (advice) that you will write to her in your prescription as
management of change
Linda’ Complaints Diagnosis Advice
1. No one understands her She doesn’t respect privacy 1. Anger Management
management style. or employees' emotions. therapy session.
2. Employees are not keen 2. Delegate more.
or committed to the 3. Take care of her social
business. life.
3. Employees don’t know
how to manage their
time.
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5. Linda’ management style is the only style applicable in Egypt

• Unfortunately, the Iguana team agrees with this statement, for the
following reasons :
▪ Egyptian Employees are not used to following rules &
procedures.
▪ Ethics are not protected by law.
▪ Egyptian Managers are not necessarily aware of business
studies and are not exposed to different styles of management.
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