This is a case study about Mr. Arul who goes up the ladder, starting his career as a process engineer and rising to become the president of the company. He is sincere & expects the same from his subordinates. When something goes wrong, he immediately takes tough action and always exerts his supremacy as a boss. On occasions, he fails to go deep into the problem and ends up taking superficial decisions. The curtains are down upon him at last. The organization comprises hard working employees who

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... are able to meet various challenges and despite having a repressive boss, their motivation is not lost. Garnet Chemicals Ltd. is a huge chemical industry with an annml turnover ofRs.500 crores and engaged in the manufacture of heavy chemicals. It is situated in an industrial area, on a belt known for peaceful industrial relations. The native people of the area are usually hard working, submissive and carry a sense of pride in their work. They prefer calling themselves 'Garnet men' rather than 'employees of Garnet chemicals'. ORGANISATION OVERVIEW The company basically has employees at two tiers-staff cadre and management cadre. The staff cadre has employees from Ato G level. 'A' cadre being senior technician down to 'G' which is the lower most cadre having non technical personnel like sweepers, etc. The management cadre had eight hierarchical levels viz.. Engineer, Senior Engineer, Manager, Senior Manager, Chief Manager, Assistant General Manager, General Manager and Executive Director. Senior technicians in A cadre for more than ten years are occasionally promoted to management cadre as officers (probably one out often employees may be so promoted). The writer was Senior Engineer (Operations) of a leading heavy chemical industry and presently is a faculty member. Department of Business Administration, Annamalai University.