As this case portrays the problems faced by Lisa Benton in her company Houseworld it somehow also accented on certain characteristics of human behavior like possessiveness, fear of losing position, future concerns regarding progression & obstacles associated with that progression.
Lisa Benton was frustrated and dissatisfied about her job in Houseworld where she started by a lack of responsibility, and poor relationships with her boss, Linton, a colleague Scoville and recently with the reveal of her negative performance review. Since she is not accepted by her team she felt that while having not enough responsibility and room for her execution she didn’t prosper in this company. She also not went through the marketing training which most attracted her to this company at the beginning. Benton was concern of her career in Houseworld and was thinking of calling her former supervisor Kingston, of Right-Away Stores, whom she had previously turned down an appealing offer.
There are three major relationships, with Linton, Scoville and Vernon, that shaped up Benton’s current circumstances. If Benton had deal with them with different ways, it may lead to some different result.
Because of policy of the Home Care Division, the recruiting practice emphasized recruiting MBAs from top-notch schools for entry-level marketing positions. This decision makes it difficult for Linton, also Scoville to be promoted as they thought that they were not having an MBA degree which might be a drawback for them and hence nurtures their negative attitudes toward MBAs. Unfortunately, this had led to Benton’s difficulties in making good impression on Linton. Unlike the previous friendly and enthusiastic welcome in her interview, Benton received an opposite responses which did not fulfill her emotional needs and reduced her motivation in her department.
Because of her dislike to Benton, Linton seemed to ignore Benton's ability on purpose and did not assign