Federated Industries Patricia Paterson is the new vice president for human resources at Federated, Industries, a conglomerate with several diverse subsidiaries Her primary responsiblity {8 0 provide support and advice to each subsidiary and monitor thes personnel peactieg {9 enue they a wunsbaent wath corporate policy and stategy. she reports deecly the CEO of Federated. The CEO is concerned that ace enough capable leaders are Coun, {ng up through the ranks. ‘The subsidiaries have complete responsibilty for thes oon tnternal management development, but the CEO wonders whether I is tine fora sme uniform approach. The CEO asked Patcia to find out what each subsidy is doing to velop leadership sl, chen report back with tecormmendation fr inpreving lenser, Ship development oveal at Federated Industries. Pata ananged to mest wi the pes. Sonne directors of the three major subsidiaries and asked each director 0 prepare & shor briefing ‘The fist decor to speak was Peter Proskin fom an engineering company. He ‘plained that his company provides only technical wining, because they lack te salt te Provide management taining, All management training s done outside the company, ‘Armanages (or an employee who wants to become a manage) can l6ok a the listing on svallable taining and request any seminar or workshop that appears relevant U the cm ployee's boss approves the request, the manager is seat tothe taining at company ox ‘pense. Some employees are ensolied in the evening MBA degree promram atthe local lunivesity, and they are reimbursed for half of the tition cost Peter said they Jo not ‘Pay complete mon for degree programs, because itis too cea. Alter some extployecs ‘companies eager €© Be Oe eae pas sho have managerial as well as technical skills. Man bare second director to report was Alice Alston, from 3 oes tate ; 2 re aot rary ‘She explained that the company apap a aes A ‘high-poteatial managers. Managers ‘ateach ae ae eau Po ee sbordinate to mentor. The protégé gets Jos beers a aa) on 4 ‘mental assignments, For example, 2 couple of oe often sec cet ct en ern Seah ence pal a st img ovement projec sich as sudying work proses TS fee ters even ict gett ieee oe epee Y Bower, sle not in the program (rougt eae ise propa, Hee nk evel copra oe apa, ee cop a er na an ee cpap De cane rete ce op oer ie ge oe end ete ee ia cme Semen te ec ae Siete ghee domes he Oa ach ‘Sow esha ant na ats meager ew ct manage et ine for promotion to top management. TREY te he pop a Fe begraene wn Gor empl te re fri peabey ted for the program by the top manager 1g Ee pal ‘that sometimes occurs when executives try to get frewback isthe political infighting thet protégés selected for the program