Lisa Benton felt like she was put behind the eight-ball from the start in reference to her relationship with her bosses‚ Deborah Linton and Ron Scoville. According to a research article‚ “Are Your Subordinates Setting You Up to Fail?” impressions and expectations made in the first five days are very predictive to what the working relationship will look like for the following weeks and even months to come. In Benton’s case‚ this seems to have happened in the first five minutes. After initial meetings
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Introduction According to this case‚ we know that Lisa Benton is frustrated about her job in Houseworld. She cannot get the marketing training which most attracted her to this company at the beginning‚ and she also cannot build a good relationship with her boss‚ Deborah Linton‚ and the senior associate in her department‚ Ron Scoville. Lisa thinks this is one of most important things in her job. In this case study‚ I will discuss Lisa’s relationship in the Home Care Division‚ how did she use her
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What ist the key problem in this case? The key problem in the Lisa Benton case is that Lisa isn’t accepted by her team. She feels like that she is not getting enough responsibility und she doesn’t have a good feeling about her future in this company. She got to much problems with her collegues who doesn’t like her because of her MBA. Lisas problm is that she does not contribute enough. She is to “shy” and passiv acoording to the text she try to act like a learner. But she have to stand up for
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to America is the start of a new life for many immigrant families. The novels Mona and the Promised Land by Gish Jen‚ and Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez‚ it is said that “American means being whatever you want” (Jen 49). Mona and Rodriguez both strive to reach that “American dream.” They take the initiative throughout the novel and seek what they want to become. However‚ the novels show that in order for Mona and Rodriguez to become what they want‚ they have to make sacrifices. From losing
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DEBRA AND MONA is a tender and dramatic character driven story of self-discovery‚ healing‚ and recovery. The plot easily engages and is driven by two strong and compelling female characters‚ aptly‚ “Debra and Mona.” The plot is driven more by the inner goals of the characters rather than by an external goal. The tone is dramatic‚ but tender. There are solid themes about surviving and second chances. The story is skillfully told with subtext. The broken wings and shattered photo glass is symbolic
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years old. There are four students with Individualized Education Plans and six students who are English Language Learners. The school day begins at 8:15 AM and end at 2:45 PM‚ Monday thru Thursday and 8:15 AM to 1:30 PM on Friday. A community contextual factor that strongly impacts school the community support for education. The community around the school is a small urban community that is extremely involved in their children’s education. The school has hosted community events and depends on
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LEADERSHIP ISSUES/TOPICS/PROBLEMS In Lisa Benton’s case‚ there are several leadership issues concerning her Product manager Linton‚ the Associate Product manager Scoville‚ and Vernon‚ the Group Product Manager for Air Fresheners. Benton met her supervisor‚ Deborah Linton‚ just in her first day‚ because she had not met her during the interview process and this first meeting shows different lacks in Linton’s leadership style. From the beginning‚ Linton made it clear to Benton that she did not like
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1. Four Contextual Fators Apple have shown an ample example that they have implemented the four contextual factors in the organization which then lead to their organization successfulness. i. Culture – Steve Jobs‚ the founder of the organization have a clear vision and yet simple that he wants the whole organization to know.“Bringing the best personal computing‚ mobile communication‚ and portable digital music and video experience to consumers‚ students‚ educators‚ businesses‚ and government
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Corey Givens 2-4-13 English 1010 Professor Murray Contextual Analysis My Dungeon Shook When you first look at this letter‚ the title does not seem to give much evidence as to how what the content is about or means. I could possibly be a letter from the 1500’s explaining someone’s time in prison or possibly a story of an inmate who was wrongly accused. However this letter is much different than that‚ and has a meaning that is much different. When we think of a dungeon or a prison we
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Frankenstein is a gothic text that raises many interesting ideas. The basis of these ideas come from contextual influences upon Mary Shelley‚ prior to and while she was writing her novel. Key ideas include the need for nurturing‚ love and family‚ responsibility of creation/ birth‚ discrimination and prejudice on basis of appearance and the dangers and consequences of unbridled ambition and obsessions. The contextual influences that these key ideas stem from are childbirth‚ the industrial revolution and various
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