Description of the Case The case “Road to Hell” by Gareth Evans is a story of two characters with different backgrounds‚ personalities and points of view and how these two characters interact. John Baker is a successful western chief engineer of the Barracania’s branch of a multinational company. In the case it is mentioned that John Baker is an English expatriate‚ so we assume that he is white‚ possibly born in Canada. Baker thinks he has an edge in working in a foreign country because he
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Description The case “Road to Hell‚” by Gareth Evens shows a moment in time between the current chief engineer for the Caribbean Bauxite Company of Barracania‚ John Barker as he prepares to leave for a new assignment and his predecessor‚ Matthew Rennalls. The case starts as John Barker‚ English expatriate‚ giving Matthew Rennalls‚ a Barracanian‚ his final interview before he leaves. John Barker has preconceived opinion that Matthew Rennalls is racist towards expatriates and is rude and unfriendly
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John Baker‚ Chief Engineer of the Caribbean Bauxite Co. of Barracania‚ has been promoted to Production Manager of Keso Mining Co.‚ one of Continental Ore’s Canadian enterprises. Baker’s successor‚ Matthew Rennalls‚ has many assets that he can potentially contribute to the company with one negative‚ or what Baker calls his racial consciousness. Baker thinks that Rennalls’ repressed sense of race consciousness prevented their relationship from being as close as it should have been. Baker‚ bothered
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The Road To Hell (Case Analysis) I. Summary The case “The Road To Hell” is a story of two characters: John Baker‚ “an English expatriate and the chief engineer of the Caribbean Bauxite Company of Barracania in the West Indies” and Matthew Rennalls - a Barracanian and who is also Baker’s assistant and successor. Before relocating to another job as a production manager‚ John Baker conducted an interview with Matthew Rennalls to appoint him the chief engineer’s position and to solve a complaint
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the European experience. “My ancestors have been brought up in this environment for the past 200 or 300 years‚ and I have‚ therefore‚ been able to live in a world in which commerce (as we know it today) has been part and parcel of my being... In your case‚ the situation is different‚ because you and your forebears have had only some 50 or 60 years in this commercial environment. You have had to face the challenge of bridging the gap between 50 and 200 or 300 years.” John thought he was complimenting
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The road to hell 1.Summary 2.Identification of the problem(s)/plight 2.1. The problem The main problem of this enterprise is that it is an American and west European company in an west Indies region. The racial problem is obvious. The man who is wanted to come in the front of this Barracania branch‚ Rennalls‚ has a lot of political influence ’ by being the son of the minister of finance and economic planning ’ and is also the most fit for the job ’ studied at London University where
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Human Resource Management - Case Study BM701DL Buckinghamshire New University Module Title: Human Resources Management Module Code: BM701DL Student ID No: 21125373 Dissertation Title: Case Study of Hi-Tec International Module Co-ordinator / Tutor: Dorothy Smith Word Count: 2659 Submission Date: 17th September 2011 Sanjeewa Kodikara 21125373 Page 1 Human Resource Management - Case Study BM701DL Table of contents Page Number Executive Summery 3 1. Question1:
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Assessment 1 - Short Report on Case Studies Objective This assessment item relates to course learning outcomes 1 and 4. Structure Follow Report format. See the Course LibGuide for further details. Your assignment must be written in Times New Roman‚ size 12‚ with 1.5 line spacing. You must follow all other formatting rules described in the guide mentioned above. Topic Background "Only human capital can produce a sustainable competitive advantage. And‚ performance management systems are the key tools
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International Human Resource Management Assignment (PROFESSOR CLIFF LOCKYER) GROUP NO. 7 � EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The practise of Human Resources is moving from the traditional forms of managing people to a more strategic form whereby the Human Resources function is closely linked with organisational performance and success. This strategic form of human resources has increased the need for the Human Resource professional to understand the linkages between Corporate Strategy‚ Human Resource Strategy
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THE ROAD TO HELL John Baker‚ chief engineer of the Caribbean Bauxite Company of Barracania in the West Indies‚ was making his final preparations to leave the island. His promotion to production manager of Keso Mining Corporation near Winnipeg – one of Continental Ore’s fast-expanding Canadian enterprises – had been announced a month before‚ and now everything had been tidied up except the last vital interview with his successor‚ the able young Barracanian‚ Matthew Rennalls. It was crucial that this
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