Analysis of the case Lisa Benton 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
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This case was interesting because it provided a few examples of the conflicts that are stated in organization behavior theories and models. The main issues that we see in this particular case are those dealing with perception‚ personality‚ and motivation. There seem to be both internal and external factors that are causing the issues. In specific‚ the internal issues derive from the personality of select individuals‚ which influence their behavior; but there are external factors that derive from
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MBA – Comportamiento Organizacional y Liderazgo Consignas del Trabajo: 1) ¿Cómo hizo Lisa Benton para meterse en este lío? Explique brevemente la secuencia de los acontecimientos. Lisa Benton (LB)‚ mientras hizo su MBA en Harvard‚ realizó una pasantía como asistente del presidente de Right-Away Stores con excelente performance. Al finalizar sus estudios‚ tuvo que optar entre dos posiciones: una donde le ofrecían la dirección de Marketing en la misma empresa donde estaba con un mejor
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Why has Lisa not been effective in influencing her boss? Lisa Benton has not been given the opportunity to display her skills or knowledge.For example‚ Ron Scoville the associate product manager‚ who did not have a degree was put incharge of grooming Lisa Benton‚ was resentful of her having a MBA from Harvard and probablyliving with the mind set that he may soon lose his job to someone with a degree in the near future. He was giving Lisa Benton assignments that required no display of business
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Impression’ (AJS‚ 2013). Unfortunately‚ this did not turn out well for Lisa Benton‚ a Harvard Business School grad‚ who had to face this ordeal from her manager and her co-worker at her new job. How did she get into this mess? Could she have done something differently? To begin with‚ I feel the biggest mistake Lisa made was turn down the offer from Right-Away. According to me‚ ‘A known enemy is always better than an unknown friend’. Lisa was liked at Right-Away and was well acquainted with everyone there
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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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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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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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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 MBAs because
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Lisa Benton Case Analysis Benton is a Harvard educated MBA who chose to work at the Home care Division of Houseworld based upon the classical marketing training in a structured environment from an industry leader over Right-Away which she had interned at. Benton was informed she would become a product manager within 2 to 3 years‚ yet was not informed of the importance of her performance in the first year. She was informed that the product manager’s responsibility was to groom his or her associates
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