The Management Training Tool Kit
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Case Discussion:
“She’s a Smart Enough Broad”
Summary
James Washington was a young graduate of the organization’s Management Associate Trainee
Program. He recently assumed the manager’s job at one of the organization’s service centers,
Northview Servicing. Dorothy Rogers had been an assistant manager at Northview for over 12 years
and was more than twice James’s age. After a series of encounters with her, James began to feel that
Dorothy was resisting his taking over leadership of the service center and was working behind his
back to undermine his authority. James threatened to fi re her at one point. Subse quently, she became
passive and withdrawn. To James’s astonishment, ...