Question - The Oriole Furniture, Inc. OR Consumer Services Co. case
How to analyze the situation at Oriole Furniture:
What should Mr. Mente do? What is he proposing to do about his situation? What are budgets supposed to do and what must Mr. Mente do in the next seven months to (probably) keep his job? Can (should) a budget be part of personnel evaluation?
The situation at Consumer Services is different.
Questions to consider are:
What is this case about? What is profit planning and how is it being used here? Is it being done properly? Do you see an ethical dimension to this case? If so what is it? What is the CEO's role in any problems at the company?