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Kapco Limited (A) - Matt Gruber

Alexander Mikalachki

Product #:9A93D015
Supplier:Ivey
Discipline:Operations Management
Setting:Canada, 1983
Details:Case (PDF) • 10 pages • 1993-09-07 (Rev: 2014-09-03)

Subjects:

Interpersonal skillsManaging yourselfBusiness managementOperations and supply chain management

Industries:

Goods, trade, and consumer services

Geography:

CanadaNorth America
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Matt Gruber is an effective and highly motivated executive, yet his inability to deal with superiors is shown by numerous instances of abrasive behaviour. Matt's rise and fall at Kapco is described in this case, which is one of a four-part series (see 9A93D016, 9A93D017, 9A93D018). The series' teaching objectives are to learn to manage and to maintain successful relationships with supervisors and to effectively manage an employee who has difficulty relating upward.

Learning Objectives

The objectives of this case are to: learn to manage and to maintain successful relationships with superiors; learn to effectively manage an employee who has difficulty relating upward; help ambitious, able, people to manage their careers.
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