This 5 page tutorial examines a case study provided by a student. A look at planning, Murphy's Law and personality is taken. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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on the job for six months. In the case study, it is learned that he hired 15 trainees to work for an individual named Monica Carrolls, whose title is Operations
Supervisor. New hire orientation would take place on June 15 so that they would be ready by July, but on May 15, Monica told Carl that he would have
to coordinate other things as well such as drug testing and orientation. Carl agreed. In reviewing the applications, Carl realized shortly after Memorial Day that some of the trainees
never completed their applications and were not sent for drug screenings. Other things were wrong. For example, the orientation manuals were incomplete and Carl was frustrated. As it turns
out, the room he was going to use was already reserved by someone named Joe, who planned to conduct computer training. Carl panicked and wondered what he should do about
the situation. Based on the above submitted situation, a student writing on this subject also requests it be done in a specific way. The following essay includes the paper
outline in italics. However, a student writing an essay would of course leave these guidelines out. They are only there so that a student will be able to effectively write
his or her own paper. a. Introduction. Carl Robins is faced with a problem that many encounter in management. That is, not everything goes as planned and to some
extent, Robins must learn crisis management techniques. At the same time, the example provides a valuable lesson, which is that things must be completed as early in advance as possible.
Murphys Law that states if anything can go wrong, it will (Bloch, 2003), is a rather humorous idea, but actually does have relevance for this particular analysis. Essentially, the problem