business homework 494501

Case Study: Should I Stay or Should I Go? This assignment has two parts. The scenario to be used for the case study is shown below. Part I Kristin was enjoying her senior year at Stanford University in 2000. A number of the Fortune 500 firms had called her for interviews. Clearly, they recognized her talents and offered several exciting employment packages for her to consider. Kristin’s future was looking bright as she poured over the offers and decided to accept MBI’s offer for a junior executive management position. Kristin worked hard for nearly 10 years and rose quickly in the company. By the summer of 2012, MBI had sent her back to Stanford to earn an MBA, promoted her on 4 separate occasions, including promotion to Senior Vice President status and all of the perks that came with the job. A normal work week found Kristin working an average of 12 hours per day 6 days a week. She had a geographically far-flung area of responsibility that required extensive travel; so, despite living in the Washington, DC, she had little time to enjoy its offerings. She began to tire at about the 7-year mark and had considered resigning her position. A sense of loyalty to MBI kept her from doing so, but she was feeling trapped in her job by the 200 emails she received daily, the long hours, the seemingly never-ending schedule of conference calls, and the fact that her “life” centered around MBI and little else. Still, she felt obligated to MBI. Kristin’s reputation as a manager was stellar, primarily due to her inane ability to develop innovative management approaches that helped MBI win several lucrative government contracts that saved millions of dollars in costs for the government. Competitor companies respected and feared her at the same time. Some of these companies went so far as to approach Kristin with job offers that promised salaries approaching $250,000 plus perks per year. Her experience with MBI caused Kristin to question what she really wanted in…