Case Scenarios

After reading this case Scenario, the school of thought means the thought process of a person. This explains what a thought process a person typically follows on their day to day working. We can say that the mind set of approaches of the person followed in there working. The three women below are the ones that are mentioned about traits and behavior and their approach to leading a business.
• Geraldine Barney Garrett: She wants to keep the final authority decision with her, for taking any decision in the organization. She follows the approach of controlling the environment for effective management of the organization. She also allows the employees to think by their own but wants to release a final decision making in her own hands. Geraldine had the talent to …show more content…
She tried to retain employees she inherited from Geraldine when she took over management because she understands that they have knowledge and experience and loyalty. This can also give the lab an advantage over other labs. This was rarely seen in Valerie who when employees make minor mistakes she sharply disagrees with them and most of employees may exit the lab. I think Melanie values all employees and even their own ideas equally, she is also seen when she informs Geraldine that the company is a big family and employees should feel safe and aware of all the departments. However, with Valerie she was the sole decision maker and this could kill creativity amongst the employees by making them feel demoralized. Melanie was more creative because she would come up with great ideas about the lab and making changes whereas Valerie mostly relied on her employee’s ideas. In the long run, Melanie came up with successful ideas because of her creativity and was more collaborative with her employees. This innovative thought could be very beneficial to the company hence she is best suitable for the position of head of R&D