Ann is a young graduate who has been working for a large organisation for nearly two years. She spent the first 15 months on a graduate training course, 6 months in a book-keeping job, and is now 4 weeks into her first junior management post. She enjoys the work, and gets on well with her colleagues, superiors, and 8 subordinates.
The latter consist of two supervisors, each responsible for three clerks. One of the supervisors, George, is a man in his mid-forties who has been in the section a long time, but has not been successful in obtaining promotion. Barbara, the other supervisor, is a woman in her twenties.
William is Ann’s manager. On the basis of her performance for him during training, he was instrumental in getting her job in his department.
Ann had noticed that one of the clerks in Barbara’s section was frequently late or absent. While Ann was wondering what to do about it, William asked her to deal with a memo from the personnel office complaining about the same clerk’s long-term attendance record.
You are required: to explain the issues which Ann faces; to recommend what Ann should do.

Charles is in his early thirties and has been working in a large government office since he left school. He enjoys working with his colleagues and has progressed steadily to his own and the organisation’s satisfaction. He has made many friends at work, and is a member of his department’s darts team. This requires him to practise frequently with the team at a local meeting place. One evening a week he goes with his wife to the dramatic society of which he is a member.
He has two children and two years ago took out a substantial loan to move to a larger house. Rising interest rates are now making the family budgeting more difficult.
A vacancy within the same government department has been publicised for which Charles is technically ideally qualified. It would mean a big rise in salary, making his financial position very satisfactory, plus a car. The job consists of regularly inspecting a large number of unmanned sites scattered around the country, reading gauges accurately, recording the information and reporting it to his manager.
You are required to discuss how suitable this job is for Charles, both from his own point of view and from that of the organisation, backing your discussion with relevant theory.