You are a white male manager
mentoring a minority individual. Your
mentee has made a blunder that has
caused your boss to come down rather
hard on you. As a result, you
tell your mentee exactly what has
happened and what you expect
him or her to do the next time.
avoid upsetting your mentee by taking
the heat yourself but resolving to
supervise him or her more
carefully in the future.
remove the mentee from situations in
which he or she is likely to get
into similar problems with upper
management.
The people in your organization are
all under 30. You like this young
image and feel it sells your product.
You are justified in not hiring older
people because they may not fit
in.
You may want to hire older people for
inside work to create a balance in
your staff.
You
should
disregard
these
considerations and base your
hiring solely on objective, job-
related criteria, without respect to
age.
You find it hard to understand an
employee whose accent is very
different from yours. You have asked
this person to repeat twice. What
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- Fall '10
- REYNOLDS
- Business, 4. e 5. c 6. d 7., white male manager
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