Situation Analysis and Problem Statement: GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS

SITUATION ANALYSIS AND PROBLEM STATEMENT

GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

Situation Analysis and Problem Statement : Global Communications Corporation ( enter your name here ( enter the name of your school here

Situation Analysis and Problem Statement

Now more than ever , the global telecommunications market has moved undoubtedly towards increased competition and greater liberalization brought about by globalization (FCC , 2002 . During this century , the global telecommunications sector is grappling with uncertainties . In several countries , governments are just currently emerging from a paradigm shift in which telecommunications has , for the first time , come to be

regarded as a market-driven industry instead of being a national utility (FCC , 2002 . In all places , especially in the United States , it seems that governments are fighting to strike a balance between allowing markets to operate without interference , where possible , and hindering to correct market dysfunctions , where needed (Aldem , 2002

Telecommunications companies are now under enormous economic pressure and Global Communications (GC ) company is no exception . Three years ago , its stock traded at 28 per share recently , the stock is valued at 11 , over 50 per cent depreciation . Obviously , the problem is too much competition . Hence , this will discuss about the current scenario of global communications relative to this problem

The three main s included in this are as follows : first , I will describe the situation at hand , which includes a ) issue identification , opportunity identification , and stakeholders perspectives /ethical dilemmas . The next will include problem definition and lastly , the end-state goals

To get acquainted about the issue , I will first discuss about the background of the situation at hand

Situation Background (Step 1

Nowadays , economic recession has struck especially hard at communications industries . Correspondingly , the opening up of markets worldwide has also spurred an increase of mergers and acquisitions During this same period , the global telecommunication market witnessed a number of mergers and alliances between some of the world 's largest public telecommunications operators , both within and between countries (Alden , 2002

With the growing number of countries undertaking major liberalization efforts in their telecommunication markets , and the growing trend towards industry consolidation , it has become increasingly important for countries to ensure that they possess the necessary facilities and know-how to efficiently and effectively manage telecommunication competition issues in the public interest (FCC , 2002

Therefore , just like any other company in the telecommunications industry , Global Communications is under tremendous pressure to make the company survive and succeed in today 's competitive environment Relative to this , the company 's leaders should steer the company towards success but also adding value to all of their stakeholders (Hellriegel Slocum , 2001

Issue Identification

There are several issues surrounding this scenario as follows

Too much competition - Even though new calling features and suites of local and long-distance services helped , the telecommunications industry still suffered an enormous blow at the hands of the cable companies , who emerged to offer complete solutions including televisions , computers and plain old telephone service (POT . Moreover , choosing and entering international markets generated mixed outcomes . Local , long-distance and international...