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Strategic Management
, Sixth Edition
Charles W. L. Hill, University of Washington
Gareth R. Jones, Texas A&M University
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Case Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions for Case 43--First Greyhound, Then Greyhound Dial, Then Dial: What Will Happen in 2002?
- What were the critical incidents in Greyhound's growth and development over time?
- What was the underlying corporate strategy behind the development of Greyhound's portfolio of investments up to Teet's appointment as CEO? Was Trautman correct to pursue this strategy? What
were the advantages and pitfalls of this strategy?
- What environmental factors affected Greyhound's businesses? Could anything have been done to control for environmental factors? In what ways did they distort the
picture of Greyhound's performance?
- What did Teets do to change Greyhound's corporate strategy and financial position? Analyze the rationale behind this strategy. Did he succeed?
- Why did Dial break up into two different companies? Was this good for shareholders?
For Teets and his managers?
- What happened to Dial under its new CEO's Jozoff and then Baum? What strategies did they pursue?
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