Stewart-Glapat Corporation (C)

This is the third part of an undisguised six-case series in which the son of a company founder leaves academe to take control of the business. Issues of how to take control, dealing with the union, building trust and respect, and managing change and growth all come up in the series. The A case sets the scene, as Bill Stewart must decide how to address several problems: flat sales, international competition, labor turnover, market reputation, rising costs, and poor working conditions. Supplemental videos 4028 (amp;quot;Stewart-Glapat Corporationamp;quot;) and 4029 (amp;quot;Stewart-Glapat Corporation: The Ajustoveyer Presentationamp;quot;) are available for use with this series.This C case describes what Bill Stewart does in response to the B-case situation (see UVA-OB-0349) and ends with the Missing Plate Incident, in which some parts critical to finishing a customer order on time are missing and thought to have been stolen in an act of sabotage. See also the first case in the series (UVA-OB-0348) and the D (UVA-OB-0351), E (UVA-OB-0352), and F (UVA-OB-0353) cases