English Track Group C Jin YU Tough Guy Case Study Read through the article, we know that Jeremy Frazer, an associate at the investment bank called Hudson Smith Gordon, was confronted with a challenge. He knew that investment bank is such competitive and cruel field so that he would meet and work with people with different personalities: aggressive, ambitious, and arrogant. He never thought that one day he have to deal with person like Chip Mazey, the vice president of the company, who was known
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Introduction “Hudson Smith Gordon (“Hudson”) is a regionally based investment bank (middle market firm). As a middle market firm, Hudson is oriented toward financial analysis and program trading. Hudson is considered the leading expert on wireless carriers. This reputation translates into wireless communication companies wanting Hudson to do research on them (Yemen, Clawson, & Bigelow, 2007).” Background “Mr. Chip Mazey, a ten year employee of Hudson was previously advanced to Vice President
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What is noticed at the beginning of the case is Jeremy Frazer, the associate at the investment bank, Hudson and three other members working on the deal, Jean Fenster, Rich Patten and Payton Edwards, have been keeping their experiences of working with Chip Mazey to themselves. The case reveals that they finally confided in each other about how it was like to work with Chip Mazey. Associates and Analyst at Hudson were experiencing something far more than just a competitive and stressful work environment
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"Tough Guy" Case Study by Team #1 "Tough Guy" Case Study In this case study Chip uses a leadership style of forcing and competing in order to meet his desired needs. This gives him the delusion of power and superiority both by using intimidation and condescending remarks coupled with situational abuse. These characteristics are the shark style of conflict and never questioning a leaders’ authority. If an opinion is desired it will be formulated and given to the other party. Chip manages his employees
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Introduction “Hudson Smith Gordon (“Hudson”) is a regionally based investment bank (middle market firm). As a middle market firm, Hudson is oriented toward financial analysis and program trading. Hudson is considered the leading expert on wireless carriers. This reputation translates into wireless communication companies wanting Hudson to do research on them (Yemen, Clawson, & Bigelow, 2007).” Background “Mr. Chip Mazey, a ten year employee of Hudson was previously advanced to Vice President
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lines, one quickly finds out who the characters are, but more importantly, who they are not. Every 19 year old boy wants to be tough. Reputation is everything to a teenager and toughness is the cornerstone of that reputation. Even though most boys at 19 are far from being truly tough, they sure do play the part. “Greasy Lake” outlines the adventure of three wanna’ be tough dudes. Throughout the story the author, also the narrator, leaves hints for the reader to help determine the characters background
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Research Adviser I. Introduction Washing dishes is one of the major house chores our parents are facing every day. One of hardest part of washing dishes are the tough stains and grease that is all over the common kitchen tools we use in our everyday life. Dishwashing liquid is a great help to minimize the time of removing those tough stains and grease on our kitchen tools and it totally removes all the dirt of common kitchen tools. Imagine yourself washing the dishes without using any dishwashing
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manages to take it one day at a time. To my mom a new day brings a new brand new attitude and a new possibility. I like to live by that mindset because it shows the amount of optimism you have. My mother has a strong way of saying “When the tough gets going, the tough gets going.” Whenever I am having a horrible day or decides that I will decline something because it is too “hard” then I will remind myself of this motto; Then I would sit and think of her reaction and her positive mindset about things
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New jobs can be tough and require a lot of work, effort, and perseverance. In the Call of the Wild, Buck gets his first job, Spitz fell into the ice and almost dragged the whole team in. Buck persevered and tried his hardest to drag the team out of the ice. In contrast to Buck, my dad persevered when he got his new job, and the company downsized. Since my dad was one of the new reps they had to let him go. But he was stubborn and never gave up looking for a job. Buck had to persevere through the
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depends largely on the contribution of Andy. She has to ensure that while she gives Andy more responsibilities in line with his strength and also keep rewarding him for his superior performance. But on the other hand, it is important that she does the tough talking. Jane should tell Andy that good numbers are not enough and that Andy’s job and his growth in the organisation also depends on his ability to manage relationships with colleagues professionally. She should insist on positive behaviour as a
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