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Will She Fit In?. Organizational Behavior Case Study Mandi Spoklie Tori Barnum Daniel Mehrer Christopher Antoku April 10, 2013. Summary of Case. Susan Carter New partner at the Crowne Group Crowne Group Prestigious Strategy firm in New York Very efficient at her job
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Will She Fit In? Organizational Behavior Case Study MandiSpoklie Tori Barnum Daniel Mehrer Christopher Antoku April 10, 2013
Summary of Case • Susan Carter • New partner at the Crowne Group • Crowne Group • Prestigious Strategy firm in New York • Very efficient at her job • Works extremely hard • Among the 4 woman out of 98 partners • How did she get here?
Summary of Case (cont.) • Brian Hanson • Group senior vice president of Pellmore Industries • Susan worked with him before • Excellent work, led to turn around • Brian recommending all of Pellmore to Crowne • Pellmore became Crowne’s largest client
Summary of Case (cont.) The Situation • Brian makes a sexual move towards Susan • In hotel room, rehearsing board presentation • Lunges • Susan doesn’t know what to do or what her next move should be • Concerned about losing her job • More then meets the eye
The Problem • Susan’s next move or non move will determine the rest of her career • She has three main courses of action • She can report the incident • She can ignore the situation • She can confront the client
Main Talking Point 1 Report the Incident • Tell her supervisors about the situation • Seek help from them • Or go even further to report incident to cops and take legal action
Recommendations • Seems to be the most logical solution • Must be discrete and careful • Don’t go to immediate supervisor, Justin
Main Talking Point 2 Ignore the Situation • Susan can pretend the incident never occurred • Go back to working with Brian • Go with the flow • The firm needs Brian and Pellmore as a client • Hope Brian doesn’t make another move
Recommendations • Least effective of all options • Non-action in this situation will backfire • Susan’s pride and ego will be hurt
Main Talking Point 3 Confront the Client • Susan can confront Brian • Tell him that she only sees him as a business partner • That if he doesn’t comply she will escalate the case
Recommendations • Must gingerly approach the topic • Can’t be too aggressive or fall into comfort syndrome • Must get her point across • Try to stop the problem at the source • Beware of Brian escalating the case first in a preemptive strike
Conclusion • Final Recommendation • Where will Susan go from here? • What this means for all woman in the work place?