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A managing partner of a leading management consulting firm did not receive an anticipated promotion and is considering leaving the firm. The seven partners of the firm had recently held a Partners' meeting to discuss professional staff performance and to finalize salaries and promotions. The managing partner had been with the firm for six months and had joined the firm after working for five years in the telecommunications sector. His direct superior thought highly of him and his performance and agreed to support him at the partners' year-end meeting. However, most of the other partners did not feel that he met all of the expectations of a senior consultant. They specifically felt that he did not satisfy the total firm and RDMC participation category on the firm's performance matrix which listed the criteria for promotions within the firm.

The managing partner of an international public accounting firm must determine where his plan to restructure the office failed. The reorganization was motivated by a need to make the office more market driven. He thought he had managed the change process well; however, recent events raised considerable doubt about its success.