3.0
Nov 7, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
Good top-level approach to consolidating multiple legacy product loines and integrating them with current technology. They have been able to retain high-ability staff in many of the acquired companies.
Cons
Far too much dis-aggregation at working level. Local loyalties only, and very low employee understanding of group objectives. No-one can identify all the group's components, or say what overall development priorities are, or understand how their own area relates to other product areas. Missing out on huge opportunities to cross-sell and build real solutions that can challenge SAP/Oracle (which have grown through similar processes but have a much closer integration of product-marketing)