Task 1 – The Scenario

Last year I was able to join the marketing department in one of the leading enterprises in the world in the field of car manufacturing, which was in consistency with the professional background of mine and the career prospect designed by myself. At first, I was expecting to gain a direct and overall understanding of the daily work and responsibility of employees in the marketing department, which may contribute to the future development of my career prospect. However, things were different from my expectations to a large extent.

Cathy took the main responsibility in charge of the marketing department, and she was a serious and strict leader in terms of all aspects of work and duty within the marketing department. Approximately one year ago, she was appointed as the leader of the marketing department from the manufacturing department as a result of the revolution and change in the marketing department. For Cathy who had benefited from the strict and rigid way of management, she tended to apply this way of management in the marketing department, which was in fact totally different from the working and management model in the manufacturing department. She abolished the original rewarding system in the marketing department. In fact, after the arrival of her, staffs in the marketing department were disappointed by the less stimulating rewarding system in the marketing department. Cathy tended to take the excellent working performance of staffs in the marketing department for granted, which may lead to less physical wealth awarding such as the monthly bonus and recognition as well as the spiritual awarding such as the verbal recognition or official acknowledgment. As a member of the marketing department, I always found it depressed and disappointed when I received little recognition or motivation from my colleagues or my leaders even if I had