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Laura, area supervisor for a large swimming pool management company that dealt primarily with private community pools, received a call one night from the president of a homeowners’ association regarding its pool. Recently promoted that summer,...
In 1912, two explorers, Roald Amundsen and Robert F. Scott, were preparing separate expeditions to conquer the South Pole. The vast southern oceans separated Antarctica from the shores of South America, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. To...
Production and profit objectives were not being met by the two-week old Leonidas Mining Philippines Joint Venture with Gab International, USA. CEO Lito made an iPhone call to Ron, Director of Operations (Lito’s son) for a situationer. Ron...
This critical incident concerns a middle aged man employed as an adjunct baking instructor at a small community college who is expecting an advancement to a full time position. A conflict arises when another newer instructor is advanced to that...
This critical incident describes Jodi Whalen and Phil Merrick’s decision to go “screen free” by prohibiting use of laptops, iPads, and electronic reading devices at their restaurant, August First Bakery & Café. Whalen and Merrick made the...
On the flight back to his home station, Captain Jack Thompson pondered his choices. He had to make the decision now because his unit was about to deploy to Afghanistan. During a rotation at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, CA, he had...
MannKind Corporation is a small biotechnology firm faced with a critical decision to find a partner to market its first product. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the firm’s inhalable dry powder insulin (Afrezza) in June 2014 that...
Lululemon Athletica, known for high-end yoga apparel, faced a series of bad public relations events starting in 2006 and continuing until 2013. The company first faced some questions about product claims. Then they were in the news because an...
This critical incident describes a discrimination issue between an employee at a retail store and an angry customer. The incident illustrates the issue of language discrimination in the workplace. An employee did not understand what the...
Danielle O’Reilly was frustrated. She paid for a massage several weeks ago and was really looking forward to it. However, she had just been told that she was not going to get her massage and there was nothing she could do about it. Danielle...