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Vasudha's Dismay

Aggarwal, Shilpee,...

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Vasudha's Dismay

Aggarwal, Shilpee; Gupta Vishal

IIMA-OB0230 | Published July 31, 2018 | 9 pages Case

Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

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The case describes the situation of Vasudha Kumar, Manager – Background Vetting at Praxum Services Limited. She is surprised by the unexpected resignation of her team member a few days before she has to leave for her maternity break. In a small team, how does she deal with this unanticipated resignation? She wonders if this is ethical. Kumar, the protagonist of the case had to handle multiple crisis situations along her journey. How will she overcome challenges of managing the new gen workforce?

To learn about the challenges of managing new age workforce. To learn about managing changing work values and workforce diversity. To understand various factors impacting intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. To discuss the importance of ‘integrated extrinsic motivation’ for today’s workforce. To debate about the underlying ethics of various actions that employees take at workplace (especially quitting the job midway an important assignment).