What are the problems experienced by the ABC food industry company? What do you recommend to the General manager to do to each of the heads of the four departments? Which of the managers can be called a transactional leader and why? Do you think that employees are not accepting Fatima as a manager because she is a woman, and what she should do? According to the trait theory of leadership which of the leaders is the best and why? What are the disadvantages and risks of appointing a manager from outside the company, and what are the disadvantages and advantages of appointing one of the four? Do you think the characteristics of the general manager of the company operating in Oman would differ if the company operates outside the Gulf and its workers are of different nationalities and consumption patterns are different between them?
What are the problems experienced by the ABC food industry company? What do you recommend to the General manager to do to each of the heads of the four departments? Which of the managers can be called a transactional leader and why? Do you think that employees are not accepting Fatima as a manager because she is a woman, and what she should do? According to the trait theory of leadership which of the leaders is the best and why? What are the disadvantages and risks of appointing a manager from outside the company, and what are the disadvantages and advantages of appointing one of the four? Do you think the characteristics of the general manager of the company operating in Oman would differ if the company operates outside the Gulf and its workers are of different nationalities and consumption patterns are different between them?
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- What are the problems experienced by the ABC food industry company?
- What do you recommend to the General manager to do to each of the heads of the four departments?
- Which of the managers can be called a transactional leader and why?
- Do you think that employees are not accepting Fatima as a manager because she is a woman, and what she should do?
- According to the trait theory of leadership which of the leaders is the best and why?
- What are the disadvantages and risks of appointing a manager from outside the company, and what are the disadvantages and advantages of appointing one of the four?
- Do you think the characteristics of the general manager of the company operating in Oman would differ if the company operates outside the Gulf and its workers are of different nationalities and consumption patterns are different between them?
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The ABC Food Company is a food industry company that produces frozen meat,
years, although she holds a middle school diploma. She started her work in the
and Mortadella. It has a staff of 360 employees. The company is located about 20
company after receiving the intermediate diploma certificate. Her goal is to
km from Salalah. About 35% of the employees are women. The company consists
reduce costs by 25%, especially on wages and bonuses. Ms. Fatima was promoted
mainly of four sections: production, Marketing, HR, and finance. There is one
in the company as a result of her hard work and full loyalty according to what the
manager for each department-
staff tells the owner of the company. However, she always complained about how
the staff looks at her. They regard her as having the greatest strength and
Mr. Mohamed Al-Ahmad is the director of the production and development
influence in the company. Those who hold university degree among the staff
department. He is the oldest employee of the company. He was hired because of
think that Ms. Fatima doesn't deserve her position.
his experience in the field of food production. He holds a certificate from the
Mediterranean Institute for Food Industries. He worked as a quality controller in a
large company outside Oman for 20 years. His colleagues consider him an
Mr. Salim Al Mahmood heads the human resources department, which was
efficient and moderate engineer. He spends much of his time over the past month
created six months ago and holds a B.Sc. in Human Resources Management. He
developing a long-term plan to develop an effective decision-making model for
suggested to the General Manager the importance of establishing HRM
department in the company and that it will be the panacea (solution) for the
future spending on equipment and buildings and has a positive feeling of senior
management's reaction to the first drafts of his plans-
recent decrease in sales. Salim worked in UAE for six years. The rest of the
department managers see his positive relationship with the GM as temporary and
will not last because he will not be able to do anything by his verbal and
Mr. Majd is Head of Sales and Marketing. He holds a PhD in Management from
the United States. He is the most recent employee in the company, and his
theoretical words about caring for employees and improving their morale. In
experience does not exceed one year in marketing and sales. His colleagues see
addition, his proposals from the perspective of financial management make it
him as very enthusiastic and have high communication skills, but not enough
worse, because improving the working conditions for the employees will increase
knowledge of the nature of the company's product. Maid's goal is to increase the
the costs.
company's annual sales by 15%, but sales for the first quarter indicate that the
growth rate of sales is less than 1% only, with the number ofemployees and sales
Recently, there has been a clear conflict between the financial manager (Ms.
representativesincreasing by 50%. Majd is very optimistic from the first day of his
Fatima) and Mr. Salem Mahmoud, and the illness of the general manager has
work engagement. In the last month there have been problems with his
nent. Sales staff talk about his lack of knowledge of the food industry. In
worsened the situation. Most of the female employees complained about
management.
Fatima's management of finances.
the discussions on new products, Majd is often confused and has difficulty
describing the company's capabilitiesto external customers. Because he does not
seem to fully understand how a food industry company works-
The owner of the company, who is the general manager, has decided to gradually
abandoned his direct management as he suffers from a chronic illness since three
Ms. Fatima is the financial manager of the company. She has been working for
years ago, and he no longer has the ability to carry out the accumulated
the company for two years as a financial manager and worked as an accountant
for five years. She worked as the General Manager's secretary for another five
workload. Therefore. he has to appoint a general manager to replace him.
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The ABC Food Company is a food industry company that produces frozen meat,
years, although she holds a middle school diploma. She started her work in the
and Mortadella. It has a staff of 360 employees. The company is located about 20
company after receiving the intermediate diploma certificate. Her goal is to
km from Salalah. About 35% of the employees are women. The company consists
reduce costs by 25%, especially on wages and bonuses. Ms. Fatima was promoted
mainly of four sections: production, Marketing, HR, and finance. There is one
in the company as a result of her hard work and full loyalty according to what the
manager for each department-
staff tells the owner of the company. However, she always complained about how
the staff looks at her. They regard her as having the greatest strength and
Mr. Mohamed Al-Ahmad is the director of the production and development
influence in the company. Those who hold university degree among the staff
department. He is the oldest employee of the company. He was hired because of
think that Ms. Fatima doesn't deserve her position.
his experience in the field of food production. He holds a certificate from the
Mediterranean Institute for Food Industries. He worked as a quality controller in a
large company outside Oman for 20 years. His colleagues consider him an
Mr. Salim Al Mahmood heads the human resources department, which was
efficient and moderate engineer. He spends much of his time over the past month
created six months ago and holds a B.Sc. in Human Resources Management. He
developing a long-term plan to develop an effective decision-making model for
suggested to the General Manager the importance of establishing HRM
department in the company and that it will be the panacea (solution) for the
future spending on equipment and buildings and has a positive feeling of senior
management's reaction to the first drafts of his plans-
recent decrease in sales. Salim worked in UAE for six years. The rest of the
department managers see his positive relationship with the GM as temporary and
will not last because he will not be able to do anything by his verbal and
Mr. Majd is Head of Sales and Marketing. He holds a PhD in Management from
the United States. He is the most recent employee in the company, and his
theoretical words about caring for employees and improving their morale. In
experience does not exceed one year in marketing and sales. His colleagues see
addition, his proposals from the perspective of financial management make it
him as very enthusiastic and have high communication skills, but not enough
worse, because improving the working conditions for the employees will increase
knowledge of the nature of the company's product. Maid's goal is to increase the
the costs.
company's annual sales by 15%, but sales for the first quarter indicate that the
growth rate of sales is less than 1% only, with the number ofemployees and sales
Recently, there has been a clear conflict between the financial manager (Ms.
representativesincreasing by 50%. Majd is very optimistic from the first day of his
Fatima) and Mr. Salem Mahmoud, and the illness of the general manager has
work engagement. In the last month there have been problems with his
nent. Sales staff talk about his lack of knowledge of the food industry. In
worsened the situation. Most of the female employees complained about
management.
Fatima's management of finances.
the discussions on new products, Majd is often confused and has difficulty
describing the company's capabilitiesto external customers. Because he does not
seem to fully understand how a food industry company works-
The owner of the company, who is the general manager, has decided to gradually
abandoned his direct management as he suffers from a chronic illness since three
Ms. Fatima is the financial manager of the company. She has been working for
years ago, and he no longer has the ability to carry out the accumulated
the company for two years as a financial manager and worked as an accountant
for five years. She worked as the General Manager's secretary for another five
workload. Therefore. he has to appoint a general manager to replace him.
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