This question is to reward students for their careful preparation (
carefully reading the case, preparing answers to the case questions, etc.)
for the case assigned and discussed for this topic. In the case "Managing Up (A):.
Grace" which was assigned for class discussion and was also discussed in the session:
a. Grace was not interested in working on a high- profile assignment (high-profile project).
b. Grace's values/ expectations of rapid career growth and visibility (making a name for herself in the organization) were not adequately fulfilled in her current job.
c. Grace had spent more than twenty years in the organization (8K) and therefore wanted an easy rather than challenging task.
d. Grace had been forced to always work on high-profile assignments (high-profile projects) in the organization (8SK) and hence was trying to avoid them in the futur