Description The case “Road to Hell‚” by Gareth Evens shows a moment in time between the current chief engineer for the Caribbean Bauxite Company of Barracania‚ John Barker as he prepares to leave for a new assignment and his predecessor‚ Matthew Rennalls. The case starts as John Barker‚ English expatriate‚ giving Matthew Rennalls‚ a Barracanian‚ his final interview before he leaves. John Barker has preconceived opinion that Matthew Rennalls is racist towards expatriates and is rude and unfriendly
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1. What mistake did John Baker make? Why did he not realize this mistake when it occurred? The mistake John made was comparing the Barracanians experience to the European experience. “My ancestors have been brought up in this environment for the past 200 or 300 years‚ and I have‚ therefore‚ been able to live in a world in which commerce (as we know it today) has been part and parcel of my being... In your case‚ the situation is different‚ because you and your forebears have had only
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THE ROAD TO HELL John Baker‚ chief engineer of the Caribbean Bauxite Company of Barracania in the West Indies‚ was making his final preparations to leave the island. His promotion to production manager of Keso Mining Corporation near Winnipeg – one of Continental Ore’s fast-expanding Canadian enterprises – had been announced a month before‚ and now everything had been tidied up except the last vital interview with his successor‚ the able young Barracanian‚ Matthew Rennalls. It was crucial that this
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Summary John Baker‚ English expatriate and the chief engineering of the Caribbean Bauxite Company of Barracania in the West Indies conducted an interview with Matthew Rennalls‚ a Barracanian who holding assistant engineering position in the company and also Baker’s successor because he received a complaint from Mr. Jackson‚ one of the European employees; that Rennalls had been rude to him. Baker’s interview with Rennalls was to talk about this issue and tried to solve it. In the interview‚ Baker brought
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Description This case starts simple and becomes complex in nature as you get closer to the end of Matthew’s interview. John Baker an Englishman is the chief engineer of the Caribbean Bauxite Corporation of Barracania in the West Indies. Baker is given a task to groom his successor into his position within thirty days of leaving to his new position as production manager of Keso Mining Corporation. Young Barracanian Matthew Rennalls is being groom for as his successor to take over as
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‚ flntegrmtiwe ffase & .J"he RoaC tc F{ell John Baker‚ chief engineer of the Caribbean Bauxite Barracania. The success of this ti;:1‚:ly regionalization policy led to excellent relations with iire goventmeitt. Company of Barracania in the West Indies‚ was malring his final preparations to leave the island. llis promotion to pro- This relationship was giver; an acldccl importalce when Barracania‚ 3 years later‚ bL.ilame independent -al occasion that encouraged a critir:ai and
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Introduction 2 Caribbean Bauxite 2 John Baker 3 Matthew Rennalls 3 The Convocation 4 The Meeting 4 Bakers Reaction to the Meeting 5 Rennalls Reaction to the Meeting 5 Analyzing Baker 6 Analyzing Rennalls 7 Solution 7 Action Plan for Caribbean Bauxite 8 Truth and Reconciliation 8 Job Plan for Chief Engineer 10 Racial Training 11 Introduction Caribbean Bauxite Caribbean Bauxite Company Limited of Barracania‚ subsidiary of Continental Ore‚ is one of the leading bauxite exporters
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Case 13.1: Assigned Response to Article. Thomas Grady Bunch MGMT451 Organizational Behavior Dr. Donald Tompkins April 8‚ 2010 1. What‚ in your opinion‚ did Baker hope to accomplish as a result of his conversation with Rennalls? Did he succeed? Why or why not? Baker hoped to be able to get Rennalls to admit his resentment towards other races‚ specifically Europeans. I feel that his purpose was to get it out in the open so that it could be discussed‚ and thereby dealt with before he took
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leaving for his new job‚ John Baker‚ “an English expatriate and the chief engineer of the Caribbean Bauxite Company of Barracania in the West Indies”‚ conducted an interview with Matthew Rennalls – a Barracanian and who is also Baker’s assistant and successor. Through the interview‚ Baker tried to solve a complaint that he has received from Mr. Jackson – one of the European employees who reported that Rennalls had been rude toward him. However‚ the interview did not go well as Baker had expected. Rennalls
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International Marketing - Case Analysis 1. Situation Analysis: This case is about two individuals in an organization who are from two different cultural backgrounds. John Baker‚ the Chief Engineer of Caribbean Bauxite Company Limited‚ West Indies is promoted and has to relocate to Canada. Matthew Rennalls‚ the able young Barracanian has been chosen as his successor based on his caliber. Before leaving‚ Mr.Baker had a final interview with his going-to-be successor‚ Rennalls. This meeting discussed
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