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This pharmaceutical firm needs your help…
• Pharma-Co is a large pharmaceutical company that is
developing several new drugs.
• The R&D unit is functionally organized today
• An internal review concludes that the functional
departments represent «silos»
• People complain they spend too much time in meetings
• Senior executives say that decision making is too slow
• …they want to find an organizational structure that is
aligned with the work processes
Background
The challenge
How you can
help:
• We are not asking you to organize the entire company…just
12 people representing four different teams
• Who should be placed on the same team?
• See role descriptions for details
Clement
Senior lab technician. Supervises experiments done
for Lyndon. Compares results with Joseph.
Creates check list used by Howard.
Abbot
Lab technician. Tests compounds and records
results for Gulick. Creates procedures used by
Clement.
Baker
Physician. Interprets clinical evidence that is
transferred to Isenberg. Requests analyses from
Joseph and tests from Howard. Shares clinical
audit methods with Gulick.
Ferguson
Chemist. Handles regulatory submissions and
updates Lyndon about progress. Requests data
analyses from Erickson. Shares best practice with
Denison.
Gulick
Physician. Creates test plans for Abbot. Shares
medical records data with Ferguson. Shares
clinical audit methods with Isenberg. Summarizes
field data for Baker.
Howard
Lab technician. Runs experiments for Baker and
summarizes results for Baker and Keene. Shares
best practice with Abbot.
Lyndon
Physician. Analyzes clinical evidence and
summarizes results for Keene and Clement.
Develops data analysis plan for Erickson.
Develops testing methodology for Baker.
Joseph
Data scientist. Provides analysis of disease
subtypes to Baker. Delivers analyses to Dennison.
Compares results with Clement. Shares data
mining techniques with Erickson.
.
Dennison
Chemist. Develops new compounds; shares
documentation with Clement. Requests analyses
from Joseph. Provides information to Isenberg
about analytical methods.
Erickson
Data scientist. Creates risk stratification analysis
for Lyndon. Conducts machine learning analysis
for Ferguson. Hands over datasets to Keene.
Isenberg
Chemist. Develops new compounds; creates
experimental plans for Howard. Creates plan for
simulation project with Keene. Shares data with
Ferguson.
Keene
Data scientist. Develops models of disease
severity for Gulick. Simulates compounds for
Isenberg. Hands over Matlab files to Joseph.

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Role descriptions Pharma-Co.

  • 1. This pharmaceutical firm needs your help… • Pharma-Co is a large pharmaceutical company that is developing several new drugs. • The R&D unit is functionally organized today • An internal review concludes that the functional departments represent «silos» • People complain they spend too much time in meetings • Senior executives say that decision making is too slow • …they want to find an organizational structure that is aligned with the work processes Background The challenge How you can help: • We are not asking you to organize the entire company…just 12 people representing four different teams • Who should be placed on the same team? • See role descriptions for details
  • 2. Clement Senior lab technician. Supervises experiments done for Lyndon. Compares results with Joseph. Creates check list used by Howard. Abbot Lab technician. Tests compounds and records results for Gulick. Creates procedures used by Clement. Baker Physician. Interprets clinical evidence that is transferred to Isenberg. Requests analyses from Joseph and tests from Howard. Shares clinical audit methods with Gulick. Ferguson Chemist. Handles regulatory submissions and updates Lyndon about progress. Requests data analyses from Erickson. Shares best practice with Denison. Gulick Physician. Creates test plans for Abbot. Shares medical records data with Ferguson. Shares clinical audit methods with Isenberg. Summarizes field data for Baker. Howard Lab technician. Runs experiments for Baker and summarizes results for Baker and Keene. Shares best practice with Abbot. Lyndon Physician. Analyzes clinical evidence and summarizes results for Keene and Clement. Develops data analysis plan for Erickson. Develops testing methodology for Baker. Joseph Data scientist. Provides analysis of disease subtypes to Baker. Delivers analyses to Dennison. Compares results with Clement. Shares data mining techniques with Erickson. . Dennison Chemist. Develops new compounds; shares documentation with Clement. Requests analyses from Joseph. Provides information to Isenberg about analytical methods. Erickson Data scientist. Creates risk stratification analysis for Lyndon. Conducts machine learning analysis for Ferguson. Hands over datasets to Keene. Isenberg Chemist. Develops new compounds; creates experimental plans for Howard. Creates plan for simulation project with Keene. Shares data with Ferguson. Keene Data scientist. Develops models of disease severity for Gulick. Simulates compounds for Isenberg. Hands over Matlab files to Joseph.