sneha malhotra recently started working as a software engineer in a development centre of a fortune 500 IT services giant.based on her consistently improving performance,her manager decided to increase his reponsibilities and as part of these additional reponsibilities,she had to speak directly to the on-site swedish clients, gather requirements from them and communicate these requirements to her fellow developers.however,since this was her first time talking, she did not understand the heavy swedish accent of the person talking to her and as a result could only undertsand the requirements in bits and pieces.
how would sneha handle this situation?
(1) she would explain the entire episode to his manager and let the manager decide best way to handle the situation.
(2)she should communicate whatever she has understood of the requirements while filling up the gaps based on her experience with the functioning of the module.
(3)she should call up the client one more time and ask her to state the requirements once again and also ask her to send a mail about the discussion that lists the key areas.
(4)she should tell her manager that she is not ready for additional responisibiloties as she has not undergone an accent training program designed for people who handle overseas program.
(5) she should sit down with her colleagues,explain the issue to them and fill up the gaps in her requirement analysis with their help and collective experience.
sneha malhotra recently started working as a software engineer in a development centre of a fortune 500 IT services giant.based on her consistently improving performance,her manager decided to increase his reponsibilities and as part of these additional reponsibilities,she had to speak directly to the on-site swedish clients, gather requirements from them and communicate these requirements to her fellow developers.however,since this was her first time talking, she did not understand the heavy swedish accent of the person talking to her and as a result could only undertsand the requirements in bits and pieces.
how would sneha handle this situation?
(1) she would explain the entire episode to his manager and let the manager decide best way to handle the situation.
(2)she should communicate whatever she has understood of the requirements while filling up the gaps based on her experience with the functioning of the module.
(3)she should call up the client one more time and ask her to state the requirements once again and also ask her to send a mail about the discussion that lists the key areas.
(4)she should tell her manager that she is not ready for additional responisibiloties as she has not undergone an accent training program designed for people who handle overseas program.
(5) she should sit down with her colleagues,explain the issue to them and fill up the gaps in her requirement analysis with their help and collective experience.
Options 2, 4 and 5 are elimintaed. So out of 1 and 3, Option 3 seems good here. :drinking:But are we considering the fact that the client might not like to repeat the requirements?
Seema was a finance manager in an MNC and felt that gender discrimination at the workplace hampered her career growth. Frustrated, she quit the job and started a company. While starting her company, Seema decided that she would have equal proportion of males and females. Over the last six years, Seema emerged as a very successful entrepreneur and expanded her business to eight locations in the country. However, Seema recently started facing an ethical dilemma because she realized that female employees were not willing to travel across cities and work late hours, as the work required them to do so. Male employees did not hesitate undertaking such work. Seema started to feel the pressure of reducing the proportion of female employees. On the other hand, she is aware that equal representation was one of the strongest reasons for her to have founded the company. What should she do as a conscientious female entrepreneur? (1) See if unwilling female employees could be given assignments which do not require travel and involve less overtime. (2) Reduce the number of female employees, as it is a business requirement. She should not let anything affect her business. (3) Let the status quo continue. (4) Henceforth hire only male employees. (5) She should close the business.
my take is option 1 .... ps this qustn is from xat 2008
A database software manufacturing company found out that a product it has launched recently had a few bugs. The product has already been bought by more than a million customers. The company realized that bugs could cost its customers significantly. However, if it informs the customers about the bug, it feared losing credibility. What would be the most ethical option for the company? (1) Apologize and fix up the bug for all customers even if it has to incur losses. (2) Do not tell customers about bugs and remove only when customers face problems even if it means losses for the customers. (3) Keep silent and do nothing (4) Keep silent but introduce an improved product that is bug-free at the earliest. (5) Take the product off the market and apologize to customers.
Seema was a finance manager in an MNC and felt that gender discrimination at the workplace hampered her career growth. Frustrated, she quit the job and started a company. While starting her company, Seema decided that she would have equal proportion of males and females. Over the last six years, Seema emerged as a very successful entrepreneur and expanded her business to eight locations in the country. However, Seema recently started facing an ethical dilemma because she realized that female employees were not willing to travel across cities and work late hours, as the work required them to do so. Male employees did not hesitate undertaking such work. Seema started to feel the pressure of reducing the proportion of female employees. On the other hand, she is aware that equal representation was one of the strongest reasons for her to have founded the company. What should she do as a conscientious female entrepreneur? (1) See if unwilling female employees could be given assignments which do not require travel and involve less overtime. (2) Reduce the number of female employees, as it is a business requirement. She should not let anything affect her business. (3) Let the status quo continue. (4) Henceforth hire only male employees. (5) She should close the business.
Rahul was the placement coordinator of his college. The placement season ws beginning to end & Rahul & a few others wr yet to b placed. A company Soldmann Gaxx came recently & shortlisted around 7 students from 30 applicants for written,presentation & interview round. Now, Rahul because of his constant contact with the company manages to shortlist himself too. The HR Manager has informed Rahul to let other 7 students know the ppt would be on their project & 10 days after. Now Rahul is in a dilemma, the company is offering an 8 lac package, & only 9 more companies would be coming & at max thy wud offer 5 lacs. Moreover Gaxx will take only two students. What should Rahul do A) Hide the fact that the ppt wud b on training, he has worked hard for 100 other students, he deserves this job. B) Tell them the truth & let his work pay off. As he gt shrtlistd, he'l gt selectd too. C) Dont tell the 3 boys abt the ppt. Tell the girls, its a high chance he'l be selected. D) Tell the company, the boys arent interestd nymore. Thy wont evr come to know because of the placement policy. E) Let this compny pass, if he dusnt get thru, he'l do somethng in d nxt job offer .
Rahul took the decision of telling the boys thy werent selected & hid the ppt topic also from the girls. Was his decision justified?? A) Yes if he gets this job, he'l perfrm better in calling other companies. B) Yes, he has worked hard till now, he dsrvs dis job C) No, people had faith in him, that is y he was electd. He shudnt break their trust. D) No, he cudv wrked harder fr odr companies, if he dint get thru this one. E) Yes, these things have hapnd bfr & senior PCs r nw enjoyng their lives. He wntd d same
This thread is for XAT 2011 queries. Why are people using it for discussing Ethical dilemmas?
There is a separate thread for the same.
was wondering the same! can you help out abhi? know of any good sites where one can practice mock xats online? or can get solved mock papers for xat? anything.
was wondering the same! can you help out abhi? know of any good sites where one can practice mock xats online? or can get solved mock papers for xat? anything.
Visit testfunda.com It has some free online mock as well as previous year papers.
that gender discrimination at the workplace hampered her career growth. Frustrated, she quit the job and started a company. While starting her company, Seema decided that she would have equal proportion of males and females. Over the last six years, Seema emerged as a very successful entrepreneur and expanded her business to eight locations in the country. However, Seema recently started facing an ethical dilemma because she realized that female employees were not willing to travel across cities and work late hours, as the work required them to do so. Male employees did not hesitate undertaking such work. Seema started to feel the pressure of reducing the proportion of female employees. On the other hand, she is aware that equal representation was one of the strongest reasons for her to have founded the company. What should she do as a conscientious female entrepreneur? (1) See if unwilling female employees could be given assignments which do not require travel and involve less overtime. (2) Reduce the number of female employees, as it is a business requirement. She should not let anything affect her business. (3) Let the status quo continue. (4) Henceforth hire only male employees. (5) She should close the business. my take is option 1 .... ps this qustn is from xat 2008
Rahul was the placement coordinator of his college. The placement season ws beginning to end & Rahul & a few others wr yet to b placed. A company Soldmann Gaxx came recently & shortlisted around 7 students from 30 applicants for written,presentation & interview round. Now, Rahul because of his constant contact with the company manages to shortlist himself too. The HR Manager has informed Rahul to let other 7 students know the ppt would be on their project & 10 days after. Now Rahul is in a dilemma, the company is offering an 8 lac package, & only 9 more companies would be coming & at max thy wud offer 5 lacs. Moreover Gaxx will take only two students. What should Rahul do A) Hide the fact that the ppt wud b on training, he has worked hard for 100 other students, he deserves this job. B) Tell them the truth & let his work pay off. As he gt shrtlistd, he'l gt selectd too. C) Dont tell the 3 boys abt the ppt. Tell the girls, its a high chance he'l be selected. D) Tell the company, the boys arent interestd nymore. Thy wont evr come to know because of the placement policy. E) Let this compny pass, if he dusnt get thru, he'l do somethng in d nxt job offer .
Rahul took the decision of telling the boys thy werent selected & hid the ppt topic also from the girls. Was his decision justified?? A) Yes if he gets this job, he'l perfrm better in calling other companies. B) Yes, he has worked hard till now, he dsrvs dis job C) No, people had faith in him, that is y he was electd. He shudnt break their trust. D) No, he cudv wrked harder fr odr companies, if he dint get thru this one. E) Yes, these things have hapnd bfr & senior PCs r nw enjoyng their lives. He wntd d same
Personal Experience, cmon puys
My take is in bold.
P.S: Would love to know the real life decision you took since its based on personal experience
P.S: Would love to know the real life decision you took since its based on personal experience
Dear this hapnd wid me :( V boys wr tld v dint gt slectd.. D grls wrnt tld abt d ppt Wen d round cme, d gals cmplaind of nt havng tld abt d topic Rahul ws tld by the cmpny dt he ws ovrsmart.. Dy dint require cunning people heatng dusnt pay
we should give awnsers from examiner point of view on ethical grounds we should give awnsers well in company you need to be good manager than a good person which is beneficial for yourself and company
iska matlab hai hum deserving logon ko chance hi naa do :( socho all this happens in a prestigious college like DCE
