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Case Analysis Of Jane Kravitz

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Problem statement: Jane Kravitz and Lyndon brooks came into a situation with different motivations and perceptions. Brooks felt that he was being demoted by being taken off the line management and this interfered with his plans of advancing within the company. While, Kravitz also wanted to be a successful manager and have her team complete their task at hand.
Reasons: One of the reasons which led to the disagreement between Lyndon and Jane was because of the lack of proper goal setting. For Jane delivering results was the biggest concern and she had the sterotyped belief that men are better managers and she wanted to prove herself to be equally capable in the management role given to her. This made her expect a lot from Lyndon. While his colleagues had to work on one stratergic operation Lyndon was given the responsibility to prepare plans on two stratergic operations while working on an …show more content…

Subordinates will, most of the time, rise to a level of performance that is set for them. In light of that, it is crucial to note that Lyndon Twitchell had two bosses, Jane Kravitz and Chuck Taylor, that had differing expectations regarding his work. Taylor expected Twitchell to fail while Kravitz initially expected Twitchell to succeed but then was influenced by Taylor's negative opinion. Kravitz initially emphasized an environmental project, which Twitchell was working on, but that Taylor was "…less than impressed'' with. He was concerned more with Twitchell's strategic performance objectives. In this case, because Twitchell essentially had two managers the priorities and expectations were not defined clearly enough for him to work from. In addition, Taylor's negative assessment of him to Kravitz, set Twitchell up for

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