You are a project manager in a private company. Akash and Ajay are two of your team members but with opposite personality traits. Akash is a hardworking person who completes assigned work before time with the best quality. He is very sincere and punctual and hardly ever takes a leave. His work is commendable and you have never received any complaint about his work. In your personal interaction with Akash you found him to be an introvert who keeps to himself and spoke only when required. You received similar feedback from his colleagues as well. Whereas Ajay is not as hard working and completes his work at the very last moment of the deadline. He has good rapport with the team which he uses to get his work done by the other team members. But he is very confident and keeps the environment at work very cool. His friendly nature has been liked by other members of the team as well. Your senior executive has asked you to choose one among Akash and Ajay for the promotion and salary hike. In this context, answer the following questions: a. Discuss the merits and demerits of choosing one amongst the two for promotion. b. Based on your evaluation, whom will you choose for the job? c. What steps will you take to keep all the employees motivated who did not get a promotion?

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Syllabus: Case Studies on above issues.