The Marketing Managers have no say so in the changes that need to be made. It is a business; they are employees. There were about seven employees from different divisions of the company on the task force. During the first meeting with the task force, Bacon allowed others to make decisions that he just went along with. Not everyone knew each other and felt uncomfortable. To have a more relaxed environment everyone should have introduced themselves and given some background in regards to their expertise. Bacon should have had some kind of outline as to what he wanted to achieve. Again he did not gain control.

He allowed the suggestion for the team to be broken up in groups, but everyone was to stay in contact with him and keep him up-to-date on how the projects were going.

Bacon's focus stayed on a group that he felt he got along with well and allowed another group member (Meir, an economic analyst) to basically work on his own. He did not stay in constant contact with Meir as he should have, I believe this is what caused some of the problems within the task force. The task force I think should have all worked together. I also think that there were major communication issues within the task force.

There was a lot of talking but no one was really listening. With Bacon only having two years experience he had a lack of leadership skills.

Although the task force had a short amount of time, about five weeks, before the first meeting with the heads of the company,...

However, I did observe Bacon did not disclose important information at the meeting. One of the task force members made a report that clearly showed the regional managers were consistently overstating their sales estimates. In doing this it was costing the company money. Bacon agreed not to disclose this information as the task force member was still working on it. Bacon could have brought this information to the heads of the company at the meeting and state the work was still in progress. Instead, the task force did not seem to the heads of the company to be accomplishing anything.
I think Bacon was more naive than he was foolish. I believe the difficulties of the task force started at the beginning with Casey and Trott. Bacon also needed more leadership abilities and experience. Bacon, with his lack of experience and leadership skills allowed everyone in the task force to take over and do as they pleased. I also find that Bacon was the "fall guy" so to speak. When the work that was done by everyone and it was disapproved by the company heads they all blamed Bacon for it. The lack of knowing how to communicate with everyone also hindered Bacon. Everyone should have been working together on this project. There were too many arguments. Bacon should have assigned groups, not allow everyone to make there own. Also he should have assigned what member of the task force their work. It should have been outlined and kept updated at all times.