Henry Tam and MGI Team

Case Introduction Within a short time frame, seven diverse team members have assembled to write a business plan for a new company (MGI) and are struggling to -Define their roles, -Make decisions together, and -Resolve conflict. Henry Tam, a second-year Harvard MBA student, joins the team along with a fellow classmate to enter the school's business plan contest. The founders of the company are two internationally accomplished musicians and a 1987 Harvard MBA, all Russian, who …

…tasks. - Build an atmosphere of trust and mutual respect amongst the members. The point of the matter is that the team is a partial virtuoso team, and there are a few limitations that are bound to keep it that way i.e. The expertise of the team members, and the so imposed deadline for business plan submission. Within these limitations the team should try to be creative and discuss as many possibilities as possible