CHAPTER 9 SUPPLEMENTAL CASE SOLUTIONS
SUPPLEMENTAL CASES
Equipping for the Future – This case shows how one company in the oil industry
started a succession planning program. (For the case, go to
1. Discuss how NOV’s efforts combine different phases of talent management to
reach a successful result.
NOV starts with focusing on recruitment and selection with its broadening recruiting
2. What are some of the possible advantages and disadvantages of the “draft
approach” to placing candidates in business units?
An advantage to the “draft approach” to placing candidates is that candidates know they
have a choice of business units to work for and they would be highly motivated to work
Developed Today, Gone Tomorrow – This case illustrates a serious concern that some
employers have about developing employees, only to have them leave. (For the case, go
Questions
1. As Ezra’s manager, what would you do to retain him?
2. What changes would you recommend in the educational aid program?
Comments
A real problem exists in this actual situation, but not quite the one defined by Ezra’s
manager. The problems is threefold in that the company is: (1) allowing the “developed”
