TICE – Turkish Integrity Center of Excellence

But My Textbook Said This Would Work

Topic: Performance Appraisal Characters: Alice, a new manager of Training and Development in a large bank Belinda, a teller-trainee who is black   Alice was hired last year as a first-line manager in the Training and Development department of the bank where she has worked part-time for several years while earning her bachelor’s degree in […]

Mutiny in the Manufacturing Department

Topic: Labor Relations Characters: Alan, a lead supervisor in a manufacturing department; Bob, an inexperienced group supervisor, directly under Alan Coot, a veteran employee within Bob’ s group   Alan, a lead supervisor in the manufacturing department, has just received word of an altercation between one of his junior supervisors, Bob, a recent college graduate, […]

Might Makes Right

Topic: Taking Credit for Work Characters: Janice, chief of research and development John, Janice’s underpaid assistant   Janice is a highly educated top executive in charge of research and development. John is her underpaid assistant, struggling to support his family. His performance evaluations have always been more than adequate. As one of his research projects, […]

Metropolitan City Teachers’ Retirement Fund Performance Appraisal

Topic: Pension  Funding Characters: John Spence, portfolio analyst for Metropolitan City Teachers’ Retirement Fund; Mary Trenkler, newly hired investment director Bill Fredericks, external stock portfolio manager   John Spence is a portfolio analyst for Metropolitan City Teachers’ Retirement Fund (MCTRF), where he works under the newly hired investment director, Mary Trenkler. MCTRF is a defined […]

Lottery Mania

Topic: Marketing Management (Event Marketing) Characters: Jane, Recently appointed Director of Event Marketing for the Anystate Lottery Jim, Marketing Director for the Anystate Lottery Sal, Commissioner of the Anystate Lottery   Jane was recently hired out of college as the Director of Event Marketing for the Anystate Lottery. Although Jane’s father was a compulsive gambler […]

Little Enough or Too Much

Topic: Environmental Protection Characters: Bryan, Manager in new product development with a large chemical company; Bill Gates, Plant Supervisor and Bryan’s superior   Bryan was recently hired by a large chemical company to oversee the construction of production facilities to produce a new product. X Chemical developed a new industrial lubricant which it felt it […]

Life Insurance: Who Benefits, the Consumer or the Company?

Topic: Selling Characters: Mark, Sales representative for a large life insurance company Potential clients of Mark The company Mark represents   Mark is a sales representative for a large life insurance company. He has been with the company for about 18 months. Things have been going well, or so he thinks. One concern he has […]

Justifying Price Increases

Topic: Marketing Research Characters: Sam, Marketing research manager at a television station John, General manager of a television station   Last year Sam was promoted to manager of marketing research for the sole television station in a small metropolitan market. Sam had earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing research three years earlier and immediately accepted […]