Kate Archer
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UNIVERSITY
OF
THE
WEST INDIES
MSc. INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT
A
CASE STUDY
KATE ARCHER IN HAITI
ROBERT MORRIS
STUDENT NO: 94679981
QUOTE: In order to understand people we have to understand their way of life and approach. If we wish to convince them, we have to use their language as far as we can not language in the narrow sense of the word, but language of the mind. Something that goes much further than that is not the appeal to logic and reason, but some kind of emotional awareness of other people.
Nehru
SYNOPSIS;
Helped the Aged Canada, a non-profit organization, has hired Kate Archer to manage their prosthetic clinic in Haiti. After her arrival in Haiti she learns that its key employee does not meet her performance expectations. Communicating with the employee, a deaf-mute, Fritz Lindor, however, was very difficult and required the use of another employee as translator. She must communicate her performance expectations to the employee.
Kate decides to ask the employee to sign a contract. However, she is not certain the employee understands the contract...