CASE STUDY HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT #1
Directions: Provide a brief answer to each of the questions below. A few sentences for each response would be adequate.
- Carlos Lopez was promoted three times in nine years at Versa Machinery Company. With each promotion, the managerial skills needed to do the job changed in importance. Did technical skills become more or less important for Carlos as he moved up the career ladder at Versa? What about conceptual/decision-making skills? What about interpersonal/communication skills?
- Carlos noticed that the nature of his planning responsibilities changed as well as he moved up in the company. Elaborate on this.
- There are four functions of management, according to the French industrialist Henri Fayol (planning, organizing, leading and controlling). With each successive promotion, did Carlos spend the same amount of time doing each of these things? If not, which functions do you think demanded more of his time and which might have required less time?