A manager at the Bell Institute for Professional Development, has just finished developing the Profit Orientation Seminar and is about to train individuals to deliver it to over 50,000 Bell employees. She must consider the issuers of training and development, managing change and evaluating the success of the training program.
A recently appointed store manager at a wholesale food company must make some decisions regarding management and leadership. The store is losing $10,000 per week, sales are spiraling downward, the key people in the company do not want him there and the employee morale is terrible. The supplemental (B) case outlines the change the store manager made.
The manager outlines what he did to change things at his wholesale company. The Food Terminal (A) case 9A92J008, describes the situation. His comments include an outline of his action plan, plus some data to support the improvements.