Case 1.2 Wadsworth Company

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In the case incident, Donna Carroll, finally was appointed a supervisory job that she thought she deserved. In this position, she appointed two of her co-workers she thought had the leadership abilities to become group leaders. Evelyn Castalos was assigned the task of scheduling work assignments while keeping her current position in the operation. Evelyn’s work history showed that she had great responsibility and enthusiasm. Bill Degger was assigned the task of training new and current employees about the new work coming into the department while holding his current position in the organization. Even though Donna had 15 years of experience in all fields at this organization, she was lacking authority with her subordinates. The organization may have done better by choosing someone from the outside. According to an article from the Harvard Business Review, “outsiders without lots of experience, perform the very best”. (Mukunda, 2012) Further in the article, it also states the outsiders tend to take bigger risks. Although the findings in this research did prove that hiring leaders outside the company do become the best leaders. Since the company hired within, the organization should have required Donna to take a few management courses before beginning her new position as supervisor. By doing so she may have picked up on some skills that could have guided her in how to handle situations that she herself my not have encountered with her years of experience. As for Donna, she has the experience in the work force, not so much in the supervisory field. While she was waiting for this promotion to happen, Donna could have taken some management courses to learn new skills and how to handle current issues. (280) For instance Donna should have had a meeting with her new appointed group leaders to discuss their ideas and how to implement them. Instead, she
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