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Abraham Penton MBA 633 Case # 2 Bob Knowlton Description Bob Knowlton was recently appointed project head after two years of working at Simmons Laboratories. Bob was very satisfied with his new position and took pride in his photon correlator project. Everything seemed great for Bob until Simon Fester came into the picture. Simon joined Bob’s group on a temporary basis until Bob’s supervisor, Dr. Jerrold figured where to place Simon. Everyone quickly realized how brilliant Simon was. He was full of ideas and had an endless amount of knowledge. Simon’s brilliance however, was quickly overcome by his annoyance and condescending attitude. Dr. Jerrold was never made aware of the problems within the group and eventually morale decreased. Bob soon took a new assignment at another company in mist of Dr. Jerrold’s upcoming announcement of Simon’s reassignment to another laboratory. Bob’s sudden resignation caused the photon laboratory to lose a valuable project head and must now find another candidate to replace Bob. Diagnosis Bob’s failure to immediately express his concerns only made matters worse. Although Bob believed that Simon was brilliant at what he did, he also realized that Simon lacked common courtesy among the group and especially towards Bob (middle-of-the-night phone calls). Being that Bob was the project head, he should have stepped up and de-escalated Simon’s disruptive behavior. Dr. Jerrold’s lack of