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Pat Anderson

By: Leslie A. Perlow and Daisy Wademan
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Abstract

Patten Bank's pending sale jeopardizes Pat Anderson's prospect of receiving an expected year-end bonus. What to do now? This problem follows several earlier conflicts that Anderson has confronted during the past four-and-one-half years spent working as an analyst and later as an associate for the bank. Teaching Purpose: To look at power in confronting conflict.

Keywords

Change Management; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Conflict Management; Power and Influence; Executive Compensation; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States

Citation

Perlow, Leslie A., and Daisy Wademan. "Pat Anderson." Harvard Business School Case 405-033, September 2004. (Revised October 2004.)
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Leslie A. Perlow

Organizational Behavior
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