Remove Alexander Gimpelson (Sasha) from the group

The first solution we suggest is to remove Sasha from the group. This alternative will probably
solve the basic problems of communication and working in team, resulting from Alexander's
poor communication skills, conflict handling, and lack of thinking about possible painful
consequences of his words. As Sasha stated, he had never been shy about expressing his opinion
even then it can hurt other people. Conflicts and dissatisfaction that arose in the MGI project
group were mainly caused by Sasha. Even though we do not consider him to be the main
problem in the case analyzed, and we acknowledge his contribution and relevance to the team,
his complicated personality sometimes worked as an obstacle to the progress with the project.

However, we must admit that this is an extreme alternative. It can have serious consequences to
the work of the whole group. Sasha was one of the key persons in the group and he played an
important role: apart from being one of the co-founders, he was quite experienced as a
businessperson and had useful skills (in organizing things, marketing, fundraising, etc.), without
whom this project may fail to be implemented.

Sell the idea to another company

The third decision, possibly solving the problems in the case, is to sell the idea of the product (or
the whole business) to another company, such as some existing records or entertainment
organizations. It would solve the problems that are noticed in the case, namely, the ones related
to communication, different personalities, culture, age, experience, distribution of roles and
responsibilities and lack of time to finish business plan. The idea itself could be a success.
According to the case, when the first edition of the Nutcracker music game was released, it
experienced "a critical success but a commercial failure". Selling the business idea would be
relatively easy to the co-founders, as "they established relationship with world-class musicians in
Russia". We think that it would not be difficult to find a buyer for the idea
This alternative would eliminate the need to improve communication and solve all other
problems, especially conflicts with Sasha, as an existing group involving Henry, Dana, Alex and
Dav would be no longer needed. However, selling the business idea to someone is an extreme
suggestion, which would destroy all the co-founders wants and ambitions. Even though the co-
founders would earn some money (either through a onetime payment or a regular percentage of
the profits), it would result in no opportunities left for students to continue working in this area
after the completion of th business plan as well as a loss of possibly bigger profits in case of
starting a business on their own.
CONCLUSION

Team management is such a complicated and broad topic. It encompasses so many areas, such as
diversity management, conflicts solving, decision making, leadership or motivation. That is the
reason why special attention must be paid to it.

Nowadays, work teams are becoming more and more popular, they are used all over the world by
small and large companies, businesses, schools, universities and other organizations. A team
usually can do more than a single individual (a concept of synergy, pulling together everyone‘s
talents and ideas to produce more than each individual in a team is capable of, has been known
for a while). That is why it becomes vital to be aware of the theories concerning team
development orapplying roles and responsibilities models.The one who was assigned or who has
decided to form a team must know what steps should be taken in each stage of team development
(when to assign roles, when to define common strategy, how to solve conflicts or critisize
constructively).A person must understand the significance of guidance, of definining common
objectives and goals, of sharing a mutual vision and establishing effective and open
communication system.