Thomas Green case
1. What are the work styles of Thomas Green and Frank Davis?
Frank Davis is a micromanager wanting to know the exact details of his employees whereas Thomas Green is more liberal and believes in doing his work efficiently and effectively.
2. How do Thomas Green’s actions Thomas Green differ from Frank Davis’ expectations?
Thomas Green does not agree with his boss Frank Davis and his expectation of double digit growth which he expresses openly in a meeting. This take in Davis for a surprise as he expects his employees not to challenge him. He also feels that Green lacks the enthusiasm which his job demands.
3. What is your analysis of Thomas Green’s actions and job performance in his first five months?
I feel Thomas Green has done an average job in the first five months. As per my suggestion, he shouldn’t have been vocal about his disagreement especially with his boss. He should have taken his time to settle down and made good relationships initially.
4. What are the possible underlying agendas of Davis and McDonald?
Davis: wants to get rid of Green maybe because he wasn’t his choice in the first place.
McDonald: wanted an insider in Davis‘s office, also since Green and he came from the same town and school, probably he was a little biased towards him.
Infosys went through a huge employee turnover in early 2000’s. The problems were due to a mismatch between Management’s strategy towards employees and employees’ expectation from the company.
Though Infosys recognized that an employee would only be as committed to the firm as the firm was committed to its employees and it attempted to demonstrate its own commitment in a number of ways. Still, employee discontent was on the rise. With the company’s rapid growth and its number of employees skyrocketing, the disparity of expectations across the employee hierarchy had become very complex. For example, Infoscions received employee stock options at a purchase price of 5% of the fair
Frank Davis is a micromanager wanting to know the exact details of his employees whereas Thomas Green is more liberal and believes in doing his work efficiently and effectively.
2. How do Thomas Green’s actions Thomas Green differ from Frank Davis’ expectations?
Thomas Green does not agree with his boss Frank Davis and his expectation of double digit growth which he expresses openly in a meeting. This take in Davis for a surprise as he expects his employees not to challenge him. He also feels that Green lacks the enthusiasm which his job demands.
3. What is your analysis of Thomas Green’s actions and job performance in his first five months?
I feel Thomas Green has done an average job in the first five months. As per my suggestion, he shouldn’t have been vocal about his disagreement especially with his boss. He should have taken his time to settle down and made good relationships initially.
4. What are the possible underlying agendas of Davis and McDonald?
Davis: wants to get rid of Green maybe because he wasn’t his choice in the first place.
McDonald: wanted an insider in Davis‘s office, also since Green and he came from the same town and school, probably he was a little biased towards him.
Infosys went through a huge employee turnover in early 2000’s. The problems were due to a mismatch between Management’s strategy towards employees and employees’ expectation from the company.
Though Infosys recognized that an employee would only be as committed to the firm as the firm was committed to its employees and it attempted to demonstrate its own commitment in a number of ways. Still, employee discontent was on the rise. With the company’s rapid growth and its number of employees skyrocketing, the disparity of expectations across the employee hierarchy had become very complex. For example, Infoscions received employee stock options at a purchase price of 5% of the fair