Death By One-Thousand Cuts

Identify an organization that has died in recent years (or is about to). You can choose from the list below, or identify your own. Do a complete business decision-making post-mortem (autopsy) on the organization. What happened? How did poor decision-making relative to organizational and operational issues affect the success of the organization? What business decisions could (and should) have been changed to add some longevity to the organization’s life? As corporate leaders, what specific lessons can each of us learn from the demise of this organization? Your paper should be double-spaced