BUAD 304 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Selective Perception
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Thomas green: power, office politics, and a career in crisis. The case facts (brief summary; 2-4 sentences of what"s happening and who"s involved): Thomas green has recently been promoted to senior market specialist by shannon. Mcdonald and green are from the same area and attended the same university. Green"s boss, frank davis, the marketing director, does not particularly agree with. Mcdonald"s decision to promote green, and feels green lacks excitement, order, and experience. Several emails have been sent between mcdonald, green, and davis in order to figure out what the main route of the problem is and how to solve it. The issues/potential main problem (main issues in ob terms related to the module): Thomas green seems to lack experience, as he is about fifteen years younger than the other people he is working with. Shannon mcdonald seems to have hired him due to her own perceptual biases, such as selective perception, as green and she both attended the.