Chapter $10$ Practice Your Skills: Case for Critical Analysis

Conficio Industries

The management promotion process at Conficio meeting to consider which of four middle manageIndustries was a benchmark for providing lateml ment candidates to promote to the top position in the moves, as well as promotion to the next level within San Antonio office.

the company. With offices, plants, and warehouses located in seven T'exas cities, opportunities for the best

Jonathan: "Who do we have next?"

Lillian: "Henry Flores." and brightest at Conficio were extensive for middle management enmployees. The process invited candidates to explore their goals, strengths, and weaknesses, and to recount real$-$life scemarios and accomplishments. The selection team also visited the work sites of candidates for on$-$the$-$job observations and talks with fellow workers before bringing the final cardidates to Dallas for interviewss, T'The process offered personal insight and growth opportunities to all candidates for promotion.

In March $2017,$ top management, including

Scanning the group, Jonathan saw a few nods and ashng.

Jonathan: "Feedback"

Cal and Wayne, simultaneously: "Great guy."

Cal: $"$We all know that Henry came into a situation in which that particular location was sulfering a drop in performance. Morale was low, and there were rumors of layofls, He came in and calmed employee fears and has done a good job of raising performance levels."

Jonathan Conficio, Cal Jacobson, Dan lvey, Wayne

Wayne:" He has a great relationship with employHughes, and Lillian Kennedy, was midway through a ees. As we went around and talked to people, it was