AES Corporation: Status Quo

Using the article AES Corporation: Rewriting the Rules of Management by Robert M. Grant:

The position you argue for will need to be written from the perspective of you as a director on the Board of Directors trying to convince the other directors that your position should prevail.

1) Status quo â?" You should argue for the founders to be left in place and any changes made will be left up to the founders. No changes will be dictated by the Board.

In addition to the above question, you are required to respond to the following two questions.

1. From strictly a management position, what have been the key policies and procedures that allowed AES to be successful for 25 years?

2. Prior to the current crisis, what have been the key strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that AES has faced?