Week 9 Assignment
Session 9 – Topic 2. Staffing
Operations. TCT
Read: “Tel-Comm-Tek,” DRS, pp.800 –
804. You are selecting the Managing Director (MD) for TCT.
Rank order the candidates from high to low. Which
candidate would you recommend to the selection committee? Why did you
select that person?What challenges might the person you recommend
encounter if named MD? How can TCT minimize those challenges?Based on information provided in Chap. 16 dealing with
a matrix organizational structure, would you recommend two individuals to
the same post, i.e., one person directing internal affairs the other
managing external affairs? What are the pros/cons of such an arrangement?
Respond to both Topics 1 & 2.
Start your discussion by midnight Saturday latest! Complete your responses by
midnight Tuesday latest!
Session 9 – In the News!
As part of your Discussions
participation, post one news source as a response to this Main Topic and
explain briefly (3 or 4 sentences will do) how the news story bears on the
topics for the week or for upcoming weeks. Avoid news items that are older than
two months.
Make sure that you use foreign
media!