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Introduction * Stephen Zhang, a project manager for Noble Consulting, of Beijing, China, is in the last month of a major three-month project with tight time lines and important economic implications for Noble. * Late one Friday afternoon, Zhang receives a phone call from Shen Rui, a former colleague who had left Noble suddenly about six months earlier after a disagreement with Noble’s founding partner. * Shen Rui offers Zhang a job with a substantial increase in his salary and position, but only if he moves within three days. * If Stephen leaves Noble Consulting, it would benefit him personally, but it would cost the company significant losses both now and in the future.
Identify the Stakeholders
Frank Chan. * Frank is a founding partner of Noble Consulting. * He sees the company as a family with himself as the father. * He is not able and/or willing to welcome others into the inner circle of decision making at Noble although he is not so reticent in suggesting that he is.
Shen Rui. * Shen has extensive experience and wide connections both in Italy and China. * He was recruited by Frank Chan after Noble’s first project in China where he and Shen interacted intensely and was promised a partnership within three years. * Shen became chief representative and division manager in Noble’s Shanghai office. * After a successful project that both he and Zhang worked on, Shen had a confrontation with Frank over what everyone believed to be the issue of Shen becoming a partner at Noble. At the conclusion of this confrontation Shen quit Noble.
Stephen Zhang. * Noble is Stephen’s first job, and thus its corporate culture is his only point of reference when he evaluates the culture of other companies. * Stephen was hired by, and respects, his project leader Chen Tong although he is having second thoughts about Chen’s advice to be patient concerning possibilities for promotion with the firm. His own
Identify the Stakeholders
Frank Chan. * Frank is a founding partner of Noble Consulting. * He sees the company as a family with himself as the father. * He is not able and/or willing to welcome others into the inner circle of decision making at Noble although he is not so reticent in suggesting that he is.
Shen Rui. * Shen has extensive experience and wide connections both in Italy and China. * He was recruited by Frank Chan after Noble’s first project in China where he and Shen interacted intensely and was promised a partnership within three years. * Shen became chief representative and division manager in Noble’s Shanghai office. * After a successful project that both he and Zhang worked on, Shen had a confrontation with Frank over what everyone believed to be the issue of Shen becoming a partner at Noble. At the conclusion of this confrontation Shen quit Noble.
Stephen Zhang. * Noble is Stephen’s first job, and thus its corporate culture is his only point of reference when he evaluates the culture of other companies. * Stephen was hired by, and respects, his project leader Chen Tong although he is having second thoughts about Chen’s advice to be patient concerning possibilities for promotion with the firm. His own