Case Analysis 4 - Magna International's Carbon Fiber "Lightweighting" Project

Please answer the following questions:

1. How would you characterize the structure of the core team used by Magna for the lightweight project? What do you think are the pros or cons of this type of team for this project?

2. What do you think the benefits and costs were of Magna's team working across three different geographic locations? Do you think those benefits and costs would be different today given the advances that have been made in communication technologies?

3. What are the pros and cons of Pilette's approach of having the teams vote on decisions? What other alternatives are there, and what are their pros and cons?