Management 14th Edition by Leslie Rue,Lloyd Byars ,Nabil Ibrahim

تمرين 12

Going Abroad
You supervise 12 engineers. Their formal training and work experience are very similar, so you can use them interchangeably on projects. Yesterday, your manager informed you that an overseas affiliate has requested four engineers to go abroad on extended loan for six to eight months. For a number of reasons, he argued, and you agreed, this request should be met from your group.
All your engineers are capable of handling this assignment; from the standpoint of present and future projects, there is no special reason any one engineer should be retained over any other. Somewhat complicating the situation is the fact that the overseas assignment is in a generally undesirable location.
Questions
1. How would you select who should go abroad on extended loan?
2. What are some major factors that would infl uence your decision process?
Source: Victor H. Vroom, "A New Look at Managerial Decision Making," Organizational Dynamics Spring 1973.