Principles Of Marketing
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ISBN:9780134492513
Author:Kotler, Philip, Armstrong, Gary (gary M.)
Publisher:Kotler, Philip, Armstrong, Gary (gary M.)
Chapter1: Marketing: Creating Customer Value And Engagement
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Transcribed Image Text:Case 5. KUNDIMAN COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION: Mr. Lonely
The Kundiman Communications Corporation (KCC) is a local company with more
than 2,000 persons in its payroll. The company's top management is composed of the
President, the Vice President for Marketing, the Vice President for Operations, and the
Vice President for Administration. A member of the staff, Engineer Lorenzo de Guzman,
an electronics engineering graduate, has just received an order from his immediate
superior, the VP for Operations, to head the newly built telecommunication facility in
Antipolo, Rizal.
only
So
company personnel identified with the new facility. He was given three months to make
the facilityoperational.Engineer De Guzman appraised that for the Antipolo unit to
operate, it will require the services of a number of persons skilled inthe various
activities that will be under taken. As he has been working with KCC for ten years(five
years in the field and five years in the head office), Engineer De Guzman is familiar with
many aspects of the firmis operation.
far,
he
is
the
Some supervisors and three of the key officers are his friends. Engineer de
Guzman felt that the various trainings KCC provided him had really prepared him well
for the technical aspects of his new job. His exposure to the different units at the head
office will also be useful in some ways to the administrative aspects of his position.
However, his trainings and experiences have not provided him with the expertise to
recruit qualified persons to occupy the various positions that will be created. To begin
with, he does not even have information on the number and nature of the positions to be
created. As he was expecting the building in Antipolo where he will hold office, Engineer
de Guzman wondered if he could convince top management to transfer some of his
acquaintances in the head office to his newassignment.
Engineer de Guzman knows his next promotion will depend much I the success of
the new facility under his direction. He thought that if he could only get the right
persons, his job would not be too difficult. With this in mind, he pondered on what his
first move must be
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