Description of the Case The case “Road to Hell” by Gareth Evans is a story of two characters with different backgrounds‚ personalities and points of view and how these two characters interact. John Baker is a successful western chief engineer of the Barracania’s branch of a multinational company. In the case it is mentioned that John Baker is an English expatriate‚ so we assume that he is white‚ possibly born in Canada. Baker thinks he has an edge in working in a foreign country because he
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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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The road to hell 1.Summary EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This case study analysis seeks to analyse the different impacts on Caribbean Bauxite following the resignation of Matthew Rennalls‚ successor to the position of production manager. Matthew cited cultural differences and John offensive racial comments for his resignation. Further‚ Matthew’s resignation came a day after his interview with John Baker‚ his direct superior. The analysis drew attention to the short-term‚ medium-term and long-term issues
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The Road To Hell (Case Analysis) I. Summary The case “The Road To Hell” is a story of two characters: John Baker‚ “an English expatriate and the chief engineer of the Caribbean Bauxite Company of Barracania in the West Indies” and Matthew Rennalls - a Barracanian and who is also Baker’s assistant and successor. Before relocating to another job as a production manager‚ John Baker conducted an interview with Matthew Rennalls to appoint him the chief engineer’s position and to solve a complaint
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John Baker‚ Chief Engineer of the Caribbean Bauxite Co. of Barracania‚ has been promoted to Production Manager of Keso Mining Co.‚ one of Continental Ore’s Canadian enterprises. Baker’s successor‚ Matthew Rennalls‚ has many assets that he can potentially contribute to the company with one negative‚ or what Baker calls his racial consciousness. Baker thinks that Rennalls’ repressed sense of race consciousness prevented their relationship from being as close as it should have been. Baker‚ bothered
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Description: This is a case involving two main characters from two different counties with differing points of view. John Baker‚ a European Chief Engineer‚ had been promoted to Production Manager in a new country and was preparing his successor‚ Matthew Rennalls‚ a Barracanian to replace him. Rennalls was known as being very intelligent‚ one of the brightest Barracanian’s and the son of the minister of finance and economic planning. The succession phase including a transition of meetings‚ interviews
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The road to hell 1.Summary 2.Identification of the problem(s)/plight 2.1. The problem The main problem of this enterprise is that it is an American and west European company in an west Indies region. The racial problem is obvious. The man who is wanted to come in the front of this Barracania branch‚ Rennalls‚ has a lot of political influence ’ by being the son of the minister of finance and economic planning ’ and is also the most fit for the job ’ studied at London University where
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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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‚ 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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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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