Management...Make The Right Decision
             Making the right decisions early on in the hiring process is key to the success of the company as well as the employee. The following pages will give you a scenario the problem that seems to exist with the scenario and a possible solution. I will attempt to give insight on how the situation can be rectified and also what could have been done early on, to prevent the situation from ever arising.
             An employee holds a position with a company. There are little supervision responsibilities associated with the position. There is lots of data entry and clerical type work that needs to be done, much like a secretary. The employee has been with the company for approximately 3 years, doing about the same type of work.
             Meanwhile, a management position comes available at the company that involves lots of supervision, management of data entry clerks and overseeing of a computer system that has just been implemented. It is important for the qualified person to have knowledge of the existing system in order to ascertain the differences of the new one and train new and existing users to the new system. The position also requires that the applicant have some supervisory experience. Two to three years experience with the company would also help. Management decides that they need to fill this position but are also on a deadline. Management doesn't take too much time to decide and the management position is given to the employee mentioned above. Top management believes that the current employee deserves a chance to prove herself and can gain a lot from this new position.
             The current employee moves into her new position and is immediately overwhelmed. She has gotten very little training regarding all of her new responsibilities because upper management is too busy to train her. In turn, she is sent to a training class to help prepare her to the new area but it is not specific to her day-to-da...