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Case
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Reference no. 9B02C017
Published by: Ivey Publishing
Originally published in: 2002
Version: 2002-04-24
Length: 10 pages
Data source: Field research

Abstract

A recently hired co-ordinator of a cross-docking facility has been assigned the task of designing an efficient layout for the facility, assessing the equipment requirements and workflows, and training and supervising the floor staff. Since this is his first managerial position, he is eager to prove himself. He wants to show senior management that they were correct in their decision to hire him, despite his young age. A long-term employee seems determined to thwart the co-ordinator''s efforts at every turn. The much-older man never misses a chance to point out that the ''old company''s system'' was superior to the one the co-ordinator is trying to implement. When a costly shipping error occurs twice in two days, the co-ordinator and the employee have a heated exchange that forces the co-ordinator to do some serious thinking about what his next move should be. Should he fire the employee? Should he rethink his system? Or should he simply try a more diplomatic approach to managing the employee?
Location:
Size:
Medium
Other setting(s):
2001

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Abstract

A recently hired co-ordinator of a cross-docking facility has been assigned the task of designing an efficient layout for the facility, assessing the equipment requirements and workflows, and training and supervising the floor staff. Since this is his first managerial position, he is eager to prove himself. He wants to show senior management that they were correct in their decision to hire him, despite his young age. A long-term employee seems determined to thwart the co-ordinator''s efforts at every turn. The much-older man never misses a chance to point out that the ''old company''s system'' was superior to the one the co-ordinator is trying to implement. When a costly shipping error occurs twice in two days, the co-ordinator and the employee have a heated exchange that forces the co-ordinator to do some serious thinking about what his next move should be. Should he fire the employee? Should he rethink his system? Or should he simply try a more diplomatic approach to managing the employee?

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Location:
Size:
Medium
Other setting(s):
2001

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