CH 2 Training Development

Samantha is a manager at Managing Expectations (ME), one of the top public relations firms in the city. ME is starting a leadership training program and has asked all department heads, including Samantha, to select an employee with the most potential to be promoted to participate in it. It's not an easy decision for Samantha because she has lots of good employees, so she pulls the most recent round of performance evaluations. From the evaluations, she eliminates several employees. By the end of the day, she is having a hard time choosing between Rachel and Simon. She still has time to make a decision and decides to sleep on it. That night after dinner, she checks Facebook. Samantha has been careful not to friend anyone who works under her but has a few friends from work. Scrolling down, she sees that Crystal posted a congratulations to Rachel. Curious, she clicks and sees that people are talking about Rachel being pregnant, which is news to her. Back at work, Samantha reads through the evaluations one more time and concludes that Simon would be better for the training program.

1. Do you support Samantha electing Simon for the leadership training? Why or why not.

2. What are your thoughts on mixing social media and work?

3. As you enter the workforce after graduation, what is your personal social media plan/policy around connecting with coworkers?