4. Why do some organizations seem to have a new CEO every two or three years, whereas others have top leaders who stay with the company for many years (e.g., Warren Buffetts 50 years at Berkshire Hathaway)? What factors about the manager or about the company might account for this difference?

6. You are a bright, hard-working, entry-level manager who fully intends to rise through the ranks. Your performance evaluation gives you high marks for your technical skills, but low marks when it comes to people skills. Do you think people skills can be learned, or do you need to rethink your career path? If people skills can be learned, how would you go about it?

9. Discuss some of the ways that organizations and jobs have changed over the past ten years. What changes do you anticipate over the next ten years? How might these changes affect the managers job and the skills that a manager needs to be successful?