Read Snapshot 14.1 (The Wake) on page 535 in your textbook. Then, respond to the following question:

Snapshot 14.1

Sally worked as a project manager for a high-tech electronics firm in the late 1980s. The company was using "bubble ink" technology to develop affordable color printers.

Sally was in charge of a team tasked with cutting the prohibitive cost of printers in half. If successful, significant bonuses would be earned and several team members would be given key positions when the product went into production. The team had overcome several difficult technical challenges and was well on its way to accomplishing their objective when the project was canceled. Top management discovered at a trade show that several competitors were about to introduce ink jet printers at a cost one-third the price of printers Sally's team was developing.

What could Sally say to her team? They had worked so hard, expected so much out of this project. She knew they would be devastated. Sally knew she had to do something to help them deal with this bitter disappointment. So she decided to hold a traditional Irish "wake" for the project. She persuaded management to hire a backhoe to dig a grave in the backyard of their office and purchase an actual coffin. After she and other members gave a brief eulogy about the project, each member dropped something from the project into the coffin. For some members it was a piece of a printer prototype; for others it was a memo or a plan. One by one, each member put something personal in the coffin. After the coffin was buried, the team retreated to a local brew pub to imbibe, cry, and share fond memories of the work they had accomplished.

The "wake" became part of the company's folklore and team members still laugh about the experience.

Question: Suppose the management at Sally's company had allowed her project to run to completion even though there was slim hope of commercial exploitation. Imagine you were in Sally's role.

Do you agree with what Sally had done? Would you have done things differently to close the project. DEFEND your position.