2. Additional information gathering at Siemens’s mock airport is a good idea, but who to send?

Identify how many and which type of managers to recommend for a fact-fi nding team and to tour the facility at Furth, Germany. Estimate how much money will be required to fund such a trip.From sports to school to work to civic involvement, working in teams is increasingly part of our experience.

But although working in teams is more and more common, making decisions as teams is not necessarily any easier. You will learn more about managing teams in Chapter 10, but to give you more experience with teamwork, a “Management Team Decision” exercise designed for a group of three to fi ve students is included in each chapter. As a group, you must come to a mutually agreeable decision on the scenario presented.

Each “Management Team Decision” will focus on a management topic presented in the chapter. For Chapter 1, you’ll work with the management function of planning and organizing as you decide whether to implement RFID at the airport.

Baggage Claims—Is RFID the Ticket?

What a trip!93 You’re exhausted from changing planes

(three times because of cancellations) and trying to corral your colleagues as well as their luggage. And after all the cramped seats, complaining travelers, long lines, and marginal food, your team still hasn’t come to a decision about what do to—at your own airport.