Previous work experience
Such information is required for the evaluation of the employee based in the work they have been involved in the past and if that would suffice the current role or responsibilities.
Justin has worked as a marketing manager for eight years. He has decided to move to...
Stuart P. Harber, a certified public accountant, has worked for the past eight years as a payroll clerk for Southeast Industries, a small furniture-manufacturing firm in the Northeast. Stu recently experienced unfortunate circumstances. His newborn baby girl, Stuann, required major heart surgery and the medical bills not covered by Stu's insurance have financially strained his family. Stu is a hard worker and a model employee. Although he received regular performance raises during his first few years at the company, his...
You have worked long and hard to become the chief marketing officer (CMO) of a global retailer, Fast Fashion, with revenues of over $5 billion. Fast Fashion offers casual and career apparel and accessories at value prices for women ages twenty-five to thirty-five. It operates approximately 3,800 stores in the United States, Europe, Puerto Rico, and Canada. Because you recognize the growth and future impact of social media, you work with the chief executive officer (CEO) and human resources (HR)...
Joe Garcia has been an operating room nurse for 5 years. He was often on call on Saturday and Sunday, but he enjoyed his work and knew that he was good at it. Joe was called to come in on a busy Saturday afternoon just as his 5-year-old daughter's birthday party was about to begin. "Can you find someone else just this once?" he asked the nurse manager who called him. "I should have let you know in advance that...
Ben the Builder has been working for a few years and decided to go back to school. Being originally from Bothell, he has set his sights on UW Bothell. Currently, living and working out of state, he's thinking about moving to Washington a year early to establish residency. It's worth considering, knowing that in state tuition is $12,000 per year, while out-of-state tuition is $50,000 per year. He's currently living out of state with friends for free, but if he...
Sammy Farkus is a student in the Business program at Seneca. Due to Covid 19 he is now doing all of his courses online. He still has the same amount of work, and he can actually devote a bit more time as he doesn't have the commute on the TTC. But he made one mistake – he told his family and friends that he was learning about workplace law. Now his family and friends all think that he has loads...
The information systems (IS) department at Jacobsons, Inc., consists of eight employees, including the IS Manager, Melinda Cullen. Melinda is responsible for the day-to-day oversight of the IS function and reports to Jacobsons' chief operating officer (COO). The COO is a senior vice president responsible for the overall retail operations who reports directly to the president and chief executive officer. The COO attends board of director meetings to provide an update of key operating performance issues. Because Melinda takes an...
The Cardigan family has made a name for themselves in the sweater industry whereby they have designed sweaters for a variety of uses and for a wide target audience ranging from toddlers to business professionals. Cassandra, whom everyone calls Cassie, is the CEO of CARDWARE Inc., Camoni is the spokesperson for the sweater line, and Candie models the lines in the professional sphere. They often use their mother, Camille, as a business consultant for input about various new ideas and...
CASE STUDY 2.1: Who Would You Hire? Worldwide Manufacturing Inc. has just weathered intense scrutiny after it was investigated and fined for violations of improper chemical storage and waste disposal. Worldwide is a special-order manufacturer that makes plastic products in whatever shapes and sizes a customer specifies. In order to do so, it makes special molds for each project for pouring and shaping the plastic into the forms requested by customers. Each order takes retooling and reorganizing of the manufacturing...
Disciplining Employees – Reflection Questions You are a manager at a large IT and software company. You have approximately 50 people on your staff. Cindy is on your staff. She has worked for you for approximately 6 months. Cindy is a recent college graduate and started at the company in May. Cindy completed her training at the company in July. Shortly thereafter, you met with Cindy and set five S.M.A.R.T. goals for Cindy to work on achieving in the next...
Questions: 1. How successful has Emilio been over the entire course of his career? What criteria do you use to measure career success? Award a number grade on a scale of one to ten. Explain your answer. 2. How well has Emilio responded to change? 3. How good of a job did ICL do in managing Emilio Kornau’s career? 4. Compare and contrast Emilio Kornau with Mark Margolis. How were the two men different? What were the impact of these...