1. How is this decision emblematic of your job as a manager and your transition into that position? Although you’ve been in your new executive management position for barely a year, you have had abundant opportunities for decision making.83 You have had the fi nal say on a new advertising campaign, an employee washroom remodel, and the selection of the company’s uniform vendor. You’ve met with community leaders to discuss your company’s participation in a fundraiser for the local food pantry and with the press to announce your company’s plan to bring 50 new jobs to the area.

Surprisingly, however, you’ve had little experience with human resources issues.

But that changed this morning, when a colleague mentioned that a relatively new executive assistant named Andrew had taken a second job with another company in the evenings. Andrew has been at your company for only three months, but in that time has proved to be reliable, resourceful, and intelligent.

“He’s doing well, though. Doesn’t he like his job here?” you asked your colleague.

“He does, but he can earn an extra $250 a week at the second job. He says he’s saving to go back to school,”

she responded.