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Will She Fit In?Organizational Behavior Case Study
Mandi SpoklieTori Barnum
Daniel MehrerChristopher Antoku
April 10, 2013
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Summary of CaseO Susan Carter
O New partner at the Crowne GroupO Crowne Group
O Prestigious Strategy firm in New YorkO Very efficient at her jobO Works extremely hardO Among the 4 woman out of 98
partnersO How did she get here?
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Summary of Case (cont.)
O Brian HansonO Group senior vice president of
Pellmore IndustriesO Susan worked with him beforeO Excellent work, led to turn aroundO Brian recommending all of Pellmore to
CrowneO Pellmore became Crowne’s largest
client
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Summary of Case (cont.)
The SituationO Brian makes a sexual move towards
SusanO In hotel room, rehearsing board
presentationO Lunges
O Susan doesn’t know what to do or what her next move should beO Concerned about losing her jobO More then meets the eye
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The ProblemO Susan’s next move or non move will
determine the rest of her careerO She has three main courses of action
1. She can report the incident2. She can ignore the situation3. She can confront the client
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Main Talking Point 1
Report the IncidentO Tell her supervisors about the
situationO Seek help from themO Or go even further to report incident
to cops and take legal action
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RecommendationsO Seems to be the most logical
solutionO Must be discrete and carefulO Don’t go to immediate supervisor,
Justin
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Main Talking Point 2
Ignore the SituationO Susan can pretend the incident
never occurredO Go back to working with BrianO Go with the flowO The firm needs Brian and Pellmore as
a clientO Hope Brian doesn’t make another
move
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RecommendationsO Least effective of all optionsO Non-action in this situation will
backfireO Susan’s pride and ego will be hurt
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Main Talking Point 3
Confront the ClientO Susan can confront BrianO Tell him that she only sees him as a
business partnerO That if he doesn’t comply she will
escalate the case
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RecommendationsO Must gingerly approach the topicO Can’t be too aggressive or fall into
comfort syndromeO Must get her point acrossO Try to stop the problem at the sourceO Beware of Brian escalating the case
first in a preemptive strike
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ConclusionO Final RecommendationO Where will Susan go from here?O What this means for all woman in the
work place?
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Questions??