a. Did Altex need a new system? (What are the most critical problems facing Altex at the takeover? what does Ted see as the purpose of a control system? Did Altex meet their objectives?) Yes, Altex really need a new system, because Altex is facing some critical problems at the takeover by Ted and Franck. The first most critical problem is the actual management system: the system in place was one accountant (Sarah Arthur) who …showed first 75 words of 1647 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1647 total…is a good manager because he changed completely the organization and it's working. He lets the people do their job freely (decentralization). He is not that kind of managers who take every decision, he divided tasks to different departments. The New system is really working, so they should continue in this way, because apart small problems they succeeded everything that they wanted to do. The best proof is that they still exist today after 20 years.