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Alvarez - Case Analysis

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Alvarez: A Case Study

I. Executive Summary
Alvarez, a mechanic in Canalven, has been with the company for 25 years and is five years away from retirement. He is good at his tasks and has a good understanding of the machineries, displayed by his ability to develop high quality machines for the plant use. He is very energetic and very proud of his job and his capabilities, so proud that he inscribes his name in bright yellow to every machine that he developed and assembled. This caught the attention of Stone, a young but experienced engineer who was new to the company and was assigned to supervise the skilled workers, including Alvarez. Alvarez did not believe in the leadership and abilities of Stone, who made mistakes and delays in …show more content…

Point of View
The group have adopted Pinto’s point of view given that he is the one tasked to make the decision concerning Alvarez.

V. Areas of Consideration A. Alvarez’s performance and past contributions to the company B. The existing policies of the company in relation to rewards and recognition for the workers C. The economic cost of the decision to the company D. The effect of the decision to Alvarez and to the other workers E. The effect of the decision to the integrity of the management F. The effect of the decision to the overall business’ productivity and competitiveness

VI. Analysis / Assumptions * Alvarez identifies himself with Canalven as evidenced by the length of time he has worked for the company. It is possible that Canalvens may be the reason he was working in Venezula instead of Columbia. The pride he felt in being so good at building and fixing machines also indicates that his work holds a big part of his identity, his personal definition of who he was. * Alvarez is a person with high narcissism, that is, he has a grandiose of his own importance and requires excessive admiration. He has a sense of entitlement and tends to be arrogant as portrayed in his reaction when a welder asked him if he was not afraid of being fired. He is often difficult to work with and may have a false sense of his effectiveness as manifested by his sustained grumbling. *

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