Business Communication

Short Essay [20 points total)

You must hire an employee to run the Shipping and delivery business arm of the North American facility for your employer, GOLDEN EAGLE TOYS, INC (GED. Your CEO has stressed that the employee must be technically inclined, must have extensive experience in the shipping and delivery business, must have led a large-sized shipping and delivery business, and have comparable education to the shipping and delivery executives of your competitors.

The CEO has Oven you the weights to evaluate each candidate. Maximum points for each criteria are given if the standard is met, 50% of maximum points given if the candidate meets at least half of the standard, or zero points are given if the candidate falls below half the standard.

Your interviews of the three candidates (Smith, Warenski, and Lee) have been summarized in the notes below.

Smith:

Has a BS and MBA in Business from State University, and 8 years of relevant experience. Has managed 500 employees in previous job as a shipping director for a major competitor, but has never utilized the state of the art software that GET has recently implemented

Warenski:

Has a BS in Business from State University, and another BS in Human Resources from State University. Has managed 50 employees as shipping director for a small-scale toy manufacturer in Australia, where he worked for 10 years in that position. In the last 5 years, Warenski became an expert in the software GET currently uses.

Lee:

Has a BS and MBA in Human Resource Management. Has 5 years experience in the role of Shipping Director for a 3rd Party shipper contracted through Ebay, and has utilized the same software used at GET for 2 of those years. The shipping department employees 100.

Fill out the decision table accordingly [18]. Who should GET hire [2]